In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.
Top Cast
Ralph Fiennes as Charles Dickens
Felicity Jones as Nelly Ternan
Joanna Scanlan as Catherine Dickens
Kristin Scott Thomas as Catherine Ternan
Tom Hollander as Wilkie Collins
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