Charles Dickens Statue To Be Erected Against His Dying Wishes - Telegraph

New Dickens Statue Erected Against His Dying Wishes
FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, a blue plaque is seen on the exterior of Charles Dickens' home, part of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. For years, the four-story brick row house where the author lived with his young family was a dusty and slightly neglected museum, a mecca for Dickens scholars but overlooked by most visitors to London. Now, after a 3 million pound ($4.8 million) makeover, it has been restored to bring the writer's world to life. Its director says it aims to look "as if Dickens had just stepped out." (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, a blue plaque is seen on the exterior of Charles Dickens' home, part of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. For years, the four-story brick row house where the author lived with his young family was a dusty and slightly neglected museum, a mecca for Dickens scholars but overlooked by most visitors to London. Now, after a 3 million pound ($4.8 million) makeover, it has been restored to bring the writer's world to life. Its director says it aims to look "as if Dickens had just stepped out." (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

The £118,000 monument was commissioned by the Dickens Fellowship and will be erected in Portsmouth, thanks to an anonymous benefactor who donated the last £25,000 needed.

It is the second time his wishes have been ignored.

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