innocent."Pointing to the fresh flowers that adorned the novelist's grave,Stanley assured those present that"the spot would thenceforth be a sacred one with both the New World and theOld,as that ofthe representativeofliterature,notof this island only,but ofall who speak our English tongue."[43] Dickens's will stipulated that no memorial beerected to honour him.The only life-size bronze statue of Dickens,cast in 1891 by Francis Edwin Elwell,is in Clark Park in the Spruce Hill neighbourhood of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania in the United States.The couch on which he died is preserved at the Dickens Birthplace Museum in Portsmouth. III.Literary Style Dickens loved thestyleofthe 18th century picturesque or 10 Gothic romance novels,[citationneeded]although it had already becomea target for parody.[44]One"character" vividly drawn throughout his novels is London itself.From the coaching inns on the outskirts ofthe city to the lower reaches of the Thames,all aspects ofthe capital are described over the course ofhis body ofwork. 'Dickens'Dreamby Robert William Buss,portraying Dickensinnocent." Pointing to the fresh flowers that adorned the novelist's grave, Stanley assured those present that "the spot would thenceforth be a sacred one with both the New World and the Old, as that of the representative of literature, not of this island only, but of all who speak our English tongue."[43] Dickens's will stipulated that no memorial be erected to honour him. The only life-size bronze statue of Dickens, cast in 1891 by Francis Edwin Elwell, is in Clark Park in the Spruce Hill neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. The couch on which he died is preserved at the Dickens Birthplace Museum in Portsmouth. III. Literary Style Dickens loved the style of the 18th century picturesque or Gothic romance novels,[citation needed] although it had already become a target for parody.[44]One "character" vividly drawn throughout his novels is London itself. From the coaching inns on the outskirts of the city to the lower reaches of the Thames, all aspects of the capital are described over the course of his body of work. 'Dickens' Dream' by Robert William Buss, portraying Dickens 10’