India, May 14 -- There is something about English authors that makes them special - their creations are timeless. The renowned Charles Dickens is perhaps one of the biggest examples in a galaxy of luminaries from English literature whose influence on movies for over 100 years is enough to write a thesis on. The screen adaptations on the works of Charles Dickens are indeed numerous, and some of them are among the very best in cinematic history.
Born in 1812, Dickens was a literary icon of the Victorian era whose vivid descriptions of the life and times of the people serve as a time capsule for readers to this day. Most of his works were influenced by his own childhood, marked by poverty and extreme hardships. Nearly all his most famous ...