via bbc.co.uk
The central London house where Charles Dickens wrote The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist has been given a £2m grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
He lived in the Doughty Street property in Bloomsbury for two years before moving to a house in Regent's Park.
It was converted into a museum in 1925 and his study and the desk where he penned the novels have been preserved.
The money from the grant will be used to restore the 19th Century townhouse and double the exhibition space.
Full article:..http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11798825
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