A sign on the only remaining wall of the old Marshalsea Prison commemorating Dickens' use of the prison in Little Dorrit

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The sign (legible in photograph) reads: 'Marshalsea Prison / Beyond this old wall is the site of the old Marshalsea / Prison, closed in 1842. This sign is attached to a / remnant of the prison wall. Charles Dickens, whose / father had been imprisoned here for debt in 1824, / used that experience as the Marshalsea setting for his / novel Little Dorrit. / HISTORIC SOUTHWARK'

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Size: 5031px × 3341px
Location: London SE1, England
Photo credit: © UrbanImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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