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Dickens
Dickens' House

Not such a bleak house

48 Doughty Street
London, London
WC1N 2LX

Neighborhood: Bloomsbury/Fitzrovia/Euston

Nearest Train: Russell Square

Phone: +44 20 7405 2127
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Charles Dickens' novels famously chronicled the lives and dramas of a 19th century London in the throes of the industrial revolution, and his portrayal of slums and workhouses drew on his own family's experiences of poverty and debt. During his adult life, Dickens was to move address in London 15 times. This Regency house in genteel Bloomsbury, where he wrote two of his best loved novels - Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby - is the only one to have been preserved. The drawing room where he held literary salons has been lovingly restored, and elsewhere you can view all manner of Dickens paraphernalia including personal letters and notes as well as manuscripts and first editions of his books.

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Associated Events
Handling Sessions At The Dickens Museum
Jul 28th, 2009 to Dec 31st, 2009
The handling sessions at the Dickens Museum allow the visitors that special chance to actually touch history! Visitors get to handle the wooden quill with which Dickens used to write and can also view the manuscripts of Dickens' time available, on display at the museum. Group bookings are available. For more information, visit the museum website.

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Extremely interesting
The house/museum is pretty much as it must have been in Dicken's time. It was the first home he...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 04 2008


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Sadly disappointed
I had been looking forward to exploring the Dickens Museum, however it was a good example of how not...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jul 18 2007

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