Big Expectations
The great English actor and author of the new book Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World, picks the five novels by Boz that you shouldn’t miss.
Simon Callow is an actor, director, and writer. He has appeared in many films, including the hugely popular Four Weddings and a Funeral. His books include Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World, Being an Actor, Shooting the Actor, an acclaimed biography of Charles Laughton; and a biographical trilogy of Orson Welles. His book My Life in Pieces won the Sheridan Morley Prize in 2011.