Dickens and London Tickets

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Dickens and London
9 December 2011 - 10 June 2012

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens with the UK's first major exhibition on the author for over 40 years.

Recreating the atmosphere of Victorian London through sound and projections, you'll be taken on a haunting journey to discover the city that inspired his writings. Paintings, photographs, costume and objects will illustrate themes that Dickens wove into his works, such as poverty and childhood, while rarely seen manuscripts including Bleak House and David Copperfield - written in the author's own hand - will offer clues to his creative genius.

Highlights of the exhib...

Dickens and London
9 December 2011 - 10 June 2012

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens with the UK's first major exhibition on the author for over 40 years.

Recreating the atmosphere of Victorian London through sound and projections, you'll be taken on a haunting journey to discover the city that inspired his writings. Paintings, photographs, costume and objects will illustrate themes that Dickens wove into his works, such as poverty and childhood, while rarely seen manuscripts including Bleak House and David Copperfield - written in the author's own hand - will offer clues to his creative genius.

Highlights of the exhibition will include an innovative audio-visual experience bringing to life the desk and chair where Dickens wrote some of his greatest works, and a specially commissioned film by one of the UK's leading documentary filmmakers, William Raban, which will explore the similarities between London after dark today and the night time city described by Dickens over 150 years ago.