Charles Dickens

To celebrate Charles Dickens' 211th birthday, FX and Concourse Media made announcements about Dickens projects Great Expectations and Shadow Chasers.

From the scrappy orphans of Oliver Twist to the autobiographical adventures of David Copperfield, here are six Dickens adaptations you can stream online right now.

Armando Iannucci's The Personal History of David Copperfield is a bright, energetic romp with a lot of heart and soul and a terrific diverse cast, and maybe it could change the way historical adaptations will look in the future.

We're about to get a brand new feature film version of David Copperfield, but Charles Dickens' famous story has been adapted for screens large and small for over a century. Let's take a look at the good, the bad, and the ones that didn't quite work.

Following the success of his dark take on Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol last year, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight will put a fresh spin on the author's Great Expectations. 

Given that there are already at least a dozen adaptations of the Charles Dickens holiday classic A Christmas Carol in the world – including versions performed by everyone from Patrick Stewart to The Muppets – it’s not entirely clear that we need