If you have ever wondered why there are no statues of Charles Dickens in the UK, the simple fact of the matter is that the country's most celebrated novelist expressly forbade it in his will.
However, the good citizens of his birthplace, Portsmouth, have risked a Jacob Marley-type visitation by unveiling a bronze statue of the author on what would have been his 202nd birthday.
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