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Discover Dickens through his work, his home and the things that mattered to him most
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Dickens's reading desk with Dr Leon Litvack
In this short video, Dr Leon Litvack explores the importance of Dickens’s reading desk, on display at the Charles Dickens Museum.
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Audio: 'The Bastille Prisoner'
In this extract, we hear chapter two of The Bastille Prisoner, based on Book One from A Tale of Two Cities.
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Search the Collections: Drawing Room
Discover more about the items displayed in this room by searching the Museum's collections database.
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Charles Dickens’s prompt copy, ‘The Story of Little Dombey’
In this video we take a closer look at Charles Dickens’s prompt copy, ‘The Story of Little Dombey.’
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