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Following is a list of sites in London associated with Charles Dickens

Cut-throat Lane - Slum
Charles Dickens drew attention to the conditions in 1850 when he wrote of "a plague spot scarcely equalled for its insalubrity by any other in London". From 1846-8, life expectancy in the area was just 11 years 7 months - compared with the London average of 37. Today, singer Robbie Williams and actress Liz Hurley live in this area.
Dickens, Charles
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870),
Novelist, lived here.
Jacob Street - Slums
This area was one of the worst slums in 19 century London. Cholera was common. In Dickens Oliver Twist this is the area where Bill Sykes dies.
Prison - Marshalsea
Second only in importance to the Tower. It finally closed in 1842. Dickens’s father was an prisoner here and his character Little Dorrit was born here.
Saffron Hill - Slum
This was a notorious criminal ghetto. Dickens wrote about in Oliver Twist.
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