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The Personal History of David Copperfield
As Armando Iannucci’s new film hits the screens, Sally Minogue celebrates its Dickensian exuberance.
David Stuart Davies looks at Dead Souls
David Stuart Davies looks at Nikolai Gogol’s comic masterpiece
Vengeance in Anna Karenina
Mia Forbes considers the central theme in Tolstoy’s novel, considered by many to be one of the finest ever written.
‘Dracula’ reviewed
A Dracula that feels the pulse of the 21st century? Sally Minogue considers the BBC One adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel.
Interpretations of Dracula
David Stuart Davies looks back at the many attempts to portray the best-known vampire of them all.
Sally Minogue takes us back to Dracula, the novel.
As a new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ hits both BBC One and Netflix, Sally Minogue takes us back to the original novel.
Stephen Carver reviews A Christmas Carol
The new BBC adaptation concluded last night – Stephen Carver reviews it for us.
Dickens’ Other Christmas Books
Goblin Stories and Haunted Men: Stephen Carver looks at Dickens’ Other Christmas Books
Stephen Carver looks at M.R. James at Christmas
‘If I’m not very careful, something of this kind may happen to me!’ M.R. James on Writing the Perfect Christmas Ghost Story