The Charles Dickens Museum researched the writer's fashion styles and the complexion of his living descendants to create the images for a new exhibition. The first picture to be released shows a ...

His father went to debtor’s prison. John Dickens’ salary as a clerk didn’t match his love of luxuries and socialising. In early 1824, when Charles was 12, he was arrested for his debts.

People all over the world enjoy his stories. He lived in the Victorian age. Almost 200 years ago, Charles Dickens wrote a story about a little boy who had nothing. The boy was called Oliver Twist.

Food for him was much more emotional than showy." Getty Images Fat adults often starve thin children in Dickens' work, like Oliver Twist Charles Dickens was a serious foodie (check out his leg of ...