Images: A walk through Charles Dickens' London
London in the 21st century is not all that different from the heaving Victorian metropolis forever preserved in the novels of English writer Charles Dickens.
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Tour guide Jean Hayne of London Walks gives a Charles Dickens tour in London. Reuters
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Letters carved into a desk used by Charles Dickens when he was a lowly clerk, before his ascendency to literary stardom. Reuters
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Items of Charles Dickens are displayed at the Dickens museum at his former residence in London. Reuters
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Items of Charles Dickens are displayed at the Dickens museum at his former residence in London. Reuters
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The front of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub, one of London's oldest pubs and one of Charles Dickens favourites. Reuters
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Patrons drink at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub, one of London's oldest pubs and one of Charles Dickens favourites, alluded to in A Tale of Two Cities, London. Reuters
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Charles Dickens's signature on a hand-written letter is displayed at the Dickens museum. Reuters