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- The only remaining family home of Charles Dickens in London. 48 Doughty Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 2LX
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Feb 8, 2014 · Dickens lived in this Bloomsbury house from March 1837 until December 1839 when he wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby. He had a three-year lease on the property, costing £80 a year. Now a museum, the Georgian house contains many artefacts and rare editions.
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Nov 6, 2023 · Bloomsbury (Map: C-6) - Residential area of Holborn. Charles Dickens lived at Doughty Street (now the Charles Dickens Museum) here from 1837-1839 and at Tavistock House here from 1851-1860. Barnaby Rudge is to be hanged in Bloomsbury Square for his part in the Gordon Riots (Barnaby Rudge).
Feb 14, 2012 · Charles Dickens leased Tavistock House in Bloomsbury. 1851: The Dickenses took their last summer holiday at Broadstairs: 1852: The Dickens took their first holiday in Boulogne in October. 1853: in June, the Dickenses lived at a house on the Calais Road, Boulogne. From mid-June until the end of the September, the Dickenses were again in Switzerland.
His residence in the city he so famously portrayed is commemorated with a blue plaque at 48 Doughty Street in Bloomsbury. While living there from 1837 to 1839, Dickens wrote several of his early novels, including Oliver Twist .
Dickens’s first married home was at 48 Doughty Street; he and his wife Catherine lived here from April 1837 to December 1839, when they moved to a larger house in Devonshire Terrace, near Regent’s Park, to accommodate their growing family (Michael Slater, Charles Dickens, 2009)
The only remaining family home of Charles Dickens in London. 48 Doughty Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 2LX. Visit. Exclusive Use. History. Not Free. The Charles Dickens Museum is the leading centre for the study, appreciation and enjoyment of the life and work of Charles Dickens (1812-1870).
Feb 7, 2022 · Dickens did indeed live nearby – in neighbouring Bloomsbury in fact – and would have visited the quaint shop a number of times. But, in truth, the building was only given the name after The Old Curiosity Shop was released, largely thanks to an American journalist who happened upon the building while writing a piece about Dickensian ...
