His greatest story was the one he could never tell.
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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Ralph FiennesCharles Dickens
Felicity JonesNelly Ternan
Joanna ScanlanCatherine Dickens
Kristin Scott ThomasCatherine Ternan
Tom HollanderWilkie Collins
Michelle FairleyCaroline Graves
John KavanaghReverend Benham
Amanda HaleFanny Ternan
Perdita WeeksMaria Ternan
Tom BurkeGeorge Wharton
Richard McCabeMark Lemon
David CollingsGovernor
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