Overview

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.

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Cast

Ralph Fiennes

Felicity Jones

Joanna Scanlan

Kristin Scott Thomas

Tom Hollander

Michelle Fairley

John Kavanagh

Amanda Hale

Perdita Weeks

Tom Burke