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Charles Dickens was born 200 years ago on Tuesday, and in addition to the online tributes one is accustomed to – a Google doodle, becoming a trending topic on Twitter – the British Council is organizing a read-a-thon across the world.

As a body of work, Dickens' novels are as rich in incident and character (the very meat and drink of movie narrative) as those of any other half-dozen authors in English — and there are hundreds of screen adaptations to prove it.

Charles Dickens was born 200 years ago on Tuesday, and in addition to the online tributes one is accustomed to – a Google doodle, becoming a trending topic on Twitter – the British Council is organizing a read-a-thon across the world.

There has been plenty of commentary about concerning Charles Dickens, as it is the 200th year of his birth. Here is an entry, written back in 2006 at The Freeman, about him, which looks pretty interesting, and some of the

Google's latest Doodle marks the 200th Birthday of british novelist Charles Dickens but also marks the first time that the company has used their logo change to specifically promote a product or service.

We're familiar with the argument: the modern age is bankrupting our attention spans, we are all technology-addled morons clicking semi-consciously between browser screens, unable to complete the simplest of tasks:

As the world marks the 200th year since the birth of Charles Dickens, the National Library of Wales can say it holds some of the last words he wrote. The library in Aberystwyth has a cheque from the novelist for £21 from 6 June, 1870, three days before

Dickens World is a visitor attraction in Kent themed around the life, books and times of Charles Dickens.

While you're soaking up the thriving contemporary theater, art, and design scenes, take a day to step back into the crowded, foggy London of the 19th century—and wish Victorian novelist Charles Dickens a happy birthday.

Everybody loves Dickens. A few of the hardcore fans even read his books, but most people are content to enjoy the lavish BBC adaptations, denuded of any of that nasty, dense prose that makes them take more than a week to