Charles Dickens - Doughty Street, London, UK
N 51° 31.411 W 000° 06.983
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On the north east side of Doughty Street is a house that has been converted into the Charles Dickens museum and a blue plaque advising that Charles Dickens "lived here" at number 48.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/25/2014
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The plaque, one of the early ones placed by the London County Council (LCC) tells us:
LCC
Charles Dickens
1812 - 1870
Novelist
lived here
The Dickems Museum website tells us:
The Charles Dickens Museum in London holds the world’s most important collection of material relating to the great novelist and social campaigner. A Georgian terraced house in Bloomsbury, the Museum attracts visitors from around the world. The rare books, paintings, photographs and memorabilia on display here give a unique insight into the life and work of the author.
‘My house in town’, as Dickens referred to 48 Doughty Street, was an important place in the writer’s life: two of his daughters were born here, his sister-in-law Mary died her aged 17 and some of his best-loved novels were written here, including Oliver Twist. It was in this house that he achieved lasting celebrity and universal recognition as one of the world’s greatest storytellers.
The Biography website tells us:
British novelist Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. Over the course of his writing career, he wrote the beloved classic novels Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. On June 9, 1870, Dickens died of a stroke in Kent, England, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.