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What the dickens?

ANY future owner of 10, Ovington Square, London SW3, once home to Dickens’s publisher Frederic Chapman, is very likely to experience the best of times, not the worst of times. Much is unrecognisable from Dickens’s day, not least the swimming pool, jacuzzi, gym and plant room in the basement—and a little shop called Harrods is just around the corner. With lift access to all five floors, it has five bedrooms, two with en-suite bathrooms, four reception rooms, a balcony, terrace and access to the

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