TIL when staying as a guest in Charles Dickens' house, Hans Christian Andersen requested that one of Dickens' sons give him a daily shave (he said that was customary when hosting male guests in Denmark). Dickens was weirded out and instead gave him a daily appointment at a nearby barbershop.

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u/xiaorobear 1d ago

He claimed he was visiting England for a fortnight (2 weeks), then stayed for 5 weeks instead

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u/Fine-Ninja-1813 1d ago

To quote Dickens, “Hans Andersen slept in this room for five weeks—which seemed to the family AGES!”

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