The famous writer Charles Dickens was born in this modest house in Portsmouth, England in 1812. The house has miraculously survived and is now preserved as a museum furnished in the style of 1809 which is when John and Elizabeth Dickens set up the first home of their married life there.
Even though Dickens' popular writing career ran from 1836 to 1870 his characters live on as familiar friends... More details
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