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Florian Schweizer

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London’s Dickens Museum Closed During Bicentennial

Arts, Culture & Media

This year fans of Charles Dickens are celebrating the bicentenary of his birth. Many Dickens lovers will be traveling to the UK to celebrate. Some may have been planning to visit the Charles Dickens Museum, housed in one of his London homes. It contains thousands of manuscripts and personal items owned by the author—and it’s […]

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