“Thank you for your patronage, your support not just of The London Library, but of your support for books and writing everywhere,” he said. “Just like The Queen’s Reading Room, this ...

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To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Charles Dickens Museum in London ... rare books, artworks, letters, artifacts and other unique historical objects connected to the 19th-century author.

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