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David Stuart Davies looks at the novel behind the new BBC adaptation [This article contains references to the novel which you may wish to avoid if you are watching the story for the first time].

David Stuart Davies looks at the tradition of ghost stories at Christmas.

Parker Lancaster presents The Christmas Curmudgeon’s Guide to the Three Least Heartwarming Versions of A Christmas Carol

David Ellis delves into the nautical background to ‘Persuasion’

Parker Lancaster looks at the many faces of Scrooge through the years.

David Stuart Davies looks at Flaubert’s first, and best-known, novel.

Stefania Ciocia writes on ‘Little Women’ on the Big Screen Part 2

‘I did not write Green Gables for children’: Sally Minogue ponders a story for all readers.

Stefania Ciocia goes on the hunt for the next best thing to reading Alcott’s novel