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Discover Dickens through his work, his home and the things that mattered to him most
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Search the Collections: Dining Room
Discover more about the items displayed in this room by searching the Museum's collections database.
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Audio: An Invitation to Dickens’s Birthday Dinner
In this audio extract, we hear Dickens’s humorous invitation for his friend John Harley to join them at his birthday dinner.
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