Christopher Marlowe was born in Canterbury in 1564, about two months before Shakespeare, and his work had a great effect on the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon. In particular, Marlowe’s influence can be divined in numerous Shakespeare plays including As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice,...

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” – Charles Dickens (Hard Times) Dickens Basics Charles Dickens is, in the view of many, the greatest Victorian novelist. He’s certainly the most popular and widely read. Adaptations of...