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Its what he wanted-

Charles Dickens

BORN 7th FEBRUARY 1812

DIED 9th JUNE 1870

This was at his own wish. He wrote in his will "that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb... I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works...".

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