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.

Cast

Ralph Fiennes

Charles Dickens

Felicity Jones

Nelly Ternan

Joanna Scanlan

Catherine Dickens

Kristin Scott Thomas

Catherine Ternan

Tom Hollander

Wilkie Collins

Michelle Fairley

Caroline Graves

John Kavanagh

Reverend Benham