Only 18 when she became Queen of Britain, Victoria gave her name to an age and an empire. In this collection, learn who she was and what happened to people and countries during her lengthy reign.
When Victoria's son Albert Edward (later King Edward VII) is Prince of Wales, he needs a home for himself and his new bride, Alexandra. The Queen buy...
Learning lessons from the three Ghosts, Scrooge is appalled at the way looters are selling the stuff they've taken from a dead man's home.
Sol Eytinge, Jr. created illustrations for an 1868 edition of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
After declining his nephew's invitation, Ebenezer Scrooge has a change of heart. He surprises his family by actually showing-up at Fred's home.
When the Terror and Erebus went missing, how did searchers know where to look for them?
Robert Louis Stevenson lived at Skerrymore Cottage, in Bournemouth, when he wrote "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." It was here that he destr...
In 1843, before he began writing "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens visited the industrialized town of Manchester, England.
Liberty is dedicated July 4, 1886. She is a gift from the people of France to the people of America.
Sir John Hurt, who died on 25 January 2017, portrayed ''The Elephant Man.'' When thinking about character education, we'd do well to examine the life ...
In this story, based on his personal observations in 1902, Jack London describes ''Doss Houses'' and what it was like to live in them.
When do paintings tell the real story and when do they depict a romanticized view of events? Does it matter? How do we determine when a piece of art c...
People have been exchanging Valentines for hundreds of years, but what do we know about the origins of this romantic Day of Love called "Valentine's D...
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