Oliver Dickens will perform the readings in the author’s former home in central London – now the Charles Dickens Museum.

In both Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist and Allison Epstein’s novel, Fagin the Thief, the word “Jew” appears more than 300 times. But there’s a big difference in how the authors use the word. In Dickens ...

LOS ANGELES -- "The Artful Dodger" puts a twist on an old classic. Jack Dawkins, one of Charles Dickens' most famous characters from "Oliver Twist" is back, 15 years after the story left off. In 1850s ...

Author Allison Epstein says when she read Oliver Twist, she found Charles Dickens' portrayal of Fagin, the novel's central scoundrel, to be stereotypical and antisemitic. But there was also something ...