Inside Dickens' London
This is a fascinating, evocative account of 19th-century London, so well known from Charles Dickens'' much-loved novels. It draws on descriptions of life in the capital from original letters, diaries and newspapers, as well as Dickens'' own social commentary, to paint a vivid portrait of a city undergoing massive social changes. No author has ever described the city of London as well as Dickens. H...
This is a fascinating, evocative account of 19th-century London, so well known from Charles Dickens'' much-loved novels. It draws on descriptions of life in the capital from original letters, diaries and newspapers, as well as Dickens'' own social commentary, to paint a vivid portrait of a city undergoing massive social changes. No author has ever described the city of London as well as Dickens. H...
