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Dickens Statue Planned For Portsmouth

Charles Dickens Statue Planned For Bicentenary

Charles Dickens might have written that he wanted no "monument, memorial, or testimonial whatsoever" to be erected in his name, but the UK's first ever statue of the great author is nonetheless set to be created next year to mark the bicentenary of his birth.

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