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David Stuart Davies goes off in search of the great white whale.

In the conclusion of his article, Stephen Carver recounts how Dickens overcame his critics, notably Thackeray, to achieve lasting fame as a champion of the poor and vulnerable.

John Keats’ ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ recently won Twitter’s Poetry Society Classic Poem World Cup: Sally Minogue tells us why.

Stephen Carver looks at the events that threatened the reputation of the young Charles Dickens

Sally Minogue looks at Victor Hugo’s novel and Andrew Davies’ adaptation for BBC Television

Professor Cedric Watts looks at the many strong female characters found in Shakespeare’s works.

David Ellis looks at the literary ones that got away

Sally Minogue considers Little Dorrit in the light of a ‘radical’ adaptation on BBC Radio 4

Sally Minogue and Stefania Ciocia puzzle over their disappointment with an acclaimed production of Antony and Cleopatra.