The quaint little store tucked away among the buildings of London’s School for Economics is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel. However, the shop that may have inspired Dickens no longer exists having, according to the author’s own comments at the end of his book, been demolished to make way for a new roadway. The owner of the shop at 13 Portsmouth Street assumed its present name after the book by Dickens was released.
This building itself dates back to the 16th Century and started out in life as a diary, ending up as a book store specializing in Dicken’s novels. It is thought to be one of the oldest buildings in London, having survived the Great Fire of London and the Blitz of World War II.

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