Dickens’ tomb is in the south transept of the Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey in London, England, and is marked by a small stone inscription (area pictured here).This was per Dickens' wish and he wrote in his will: that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works. Charles Dickens died June 9, 1870, and was buried at the Abbey on June 14. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic, and considered by some the best novelist of the Victorian era.
Dickens’ tomb is in the south transept of the Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey in London, England, and is marked by a small stone inscription (area pictured here).This was per Dickens' wish and he wrote in his will: that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works. Charles Dickens died June 9, 1870, and was buried at the Abbey on June 14. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic, and considered by some the best novelist of the Victorian era. Some of his best-known works are David Copperfield, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities. This illustration by John Saddler is from the 1874 edition of The Life of Charles Dickens Vol III 1852-1870 by John Forster. Saddler, an English line engraver (died 1892), based it on a watercolor by English Victorian painter Luke Fields (died 1927).
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