Dickens and London

To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens in February 2012, a new exhibition on the author and his relationship with London opens at the Museum of London next month.

The exhibition is divided into key themes, such as 'home and hearth' and some of Dickens’s early life experiences, which were key to his later writings.

Among the the items on display will be Dickens’s writing desk and chair; manuscript pages describing the East End opium den featured in Dickens’ last, unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood and William Powell Frith’s celebrated portrait of Dickens, both lent by the V&A; and Dickens’ bank ledger.

Dickens and London is on show at the Museum of London from 9 December–10 June 2012. Find out more at the Museum of London website.

You can read more about the exhibition, as well hear what its curator has to say, in December's issue of BBC History Magazine – on sale from 8 November.