Heralded as one of the best—if not the best—novelists of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens longed for fame from an early age. And, after a difficult childhood beset by financial troubles ...

Hard Times was published serially in Dickens’ weekly publication, Household Words, between April 1 and August 12, 1854, partly to boost the periodical’s sales.

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Charles Dickens Museum in London is staging an exhibition of historic objects that ...

After receiving an inheritance, John Dickens was released and Charles was sent to the private ... Bleak House and Hard Times. He also kept Catherine busy with their 10 children.

Household Words was an unillustrated weekly magazine conducted and edited by Charles Dickens from late March 1850 through May 1859. It was issued weekly, but also monthly and as bound annual volumes.