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People walk past Charles Dickens' home, left, 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 neglected museum.

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The study in Charles Dickens' home is part of the renovated Charles Dickens Museum in London.

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The study in Charles Dickens' home is part of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. After a $4.8 million makeover, it has been restored to bring the writer's world to life.

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Charles Dickens' London home has gone from "Bleak House" to "Great Expectations." 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 $4.8 million makeover, it has been restored to bring the writer's world to life. The house reopens this week, and its director says it aims to look "as if Dickens had just stepped out."