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Dickens once lodged near York Water Gate and the Adelphi on the Thames River in central London, calling it a 'mysterious place.' Henry Pether/Museum of London
In Dickens' day, Covent Garden was a proper working market, rather than the touristy shopping area it is today. Phoebus Levin/Museum of London
The blacking factory at Hungerford Stairs, where Dickens worked, became the inspiration for Murdstone and Grinby's in David Copperfield -- a place he described as "a crazy old house ... literally overrun with rats." John Harley/Museum of London
As a boy, Dickens frequented "pudding shops" near the warren of small alleys and lanes south of St Martin's-in-the-Fields in central London. George Scharf/British Museum
The Oxford Arms inn, demolished in 1876, was typical of the "ancient hostelries" that had "degenerated into little more than the abiding and booking-places of country wagons," according to Dickens. Museum of London
Dickens' work often focused on extreme poverty; here, a photo from an 1877 book on London street life shows a destitute mother sitting with her infant on stone steps. John Thomson/Museum of London
Charles Dickens is depicted by by Robert William Buss sleeping in his study at Gad's Hill Place, Higham, Kent in 1875. Charles Dickens Museum
Dickens with his daughters Mary and Kate in the garden at Gad's Hill Place, 1865 Charles Dickens Museum
An exhibition at the Museum of London features the desk that Dickens wrote at. Charles Dickens Museum
Charles Dickens's chair, at which he wrote "A Tale of Two Cities." Dickens was photographed at this chair several times around 1859. The chair carries a silver plate engraved with its history. Museum of London
First edition of "Bleak House," the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels. Ally Carmichael
Bank cheque signed by Charles Dickens Ally Carmichael
