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Literary London?

We are interested in literary “sights” in London. Any suggestions?

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A number of the London Walks discuss literary sights. In particular, their walk in Bloomsbury discusses a number of the authors who resided in the neighborhood:
https://www.walks.com/our-walks/literary-london-walking-tour/

Other literary-themed walks include:
https://www.walks.com/our-walks/shakespeares-dickens-london-the-old-city/
https://www.walks.com/our-walks/in-the-footsteps-of-sherlock-holmes/
https://www.walks.com/our-walks/t-s-eliot-the-waste-land-tour/

I’m sure there are others.

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Second the above recommendation for London Walks TS Eliot Wasteland or Shakespeare, or anything else led by Rick Jones, who is a wonderful erudite guide. Also Dr. Johnson’s house.

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Visit the authors room in Westminster Abbey where many of the great British authors are buried and with many memorial plaques. A docent can help point out specific ones to you, like the too small one for Jane Austen.

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I’ve been to the Keats House in Hampstead which I enjoyed (house and neighborhood, the high street and heath nearby)

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These are all good suggestions- if interested in Marx as suggested above, you can also visit the Marx Library which I recommend: https://www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/

And if in the Bloomsbury/Fitzrovia area to visit some of the literary sites, I recommend heading over to Marylebone High Street to visit Daunt Books, one of the nicest bookshops in London- they have a few branches but this is the best one.