Charles Dickens was a terrific walker. Many nights he roved the streets of London with such insomniac vigor that he might still be striding along as dawn broke in the great skies overhead. Dickens ...

Hans Christian Andersen overstayed his visit to the Dickens family in 1857. Francine Prose has imagined the consequences.

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Soon Galveston’s streets will be once again awash in chimney sweeps, Victorian fops, and stately matrons. Father Christmas will probably stop by; Her Majesty the Queen, as always, will have a parade ...