Scenes of London Life

Name: Scenes of London Life
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From 'Sketches by Boz'

By:

Charles Dickens

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Hardback

Series:

Macmillan Collector's Library

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"Great Historical facts"

Review by ALAN on 25th April, 2018

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A fantastic diary of 19TH century London.

Description

Charles Dickens was one of the great chroniclers of London life. From the colourful chaos of dances and gin-shops to the sparse destitution of the pawnshop and the penitentiary, he captured the grime and the glory of the English capital with singular brilliance. Orphans and beggars, lord mayors and murderers, actors, criminals, cab drivers and prostitutes; all rub shoulders in this wonderful selection from Sketches by Boz. Chosen and introduced by the playwright J. B. Priestley, these thirteen marvellous sketches are accompanied by George Cruikshank's evocative illustrations. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Author Biography:

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 near Portsmouth, where his father worked as a clerk. Living in London in 1824, Dickens was sent by his family to work in a blacking-warehouse, and his father was arrested and imprisoned for debt. Fortunes improved and Dickens returned to school, eventually becoming a parliamentary reporter. His first piece of fiction was published by a magazine in December 1832, and by 1836 he had begun his first novel, The Pickwick Papers. He focused his career on writing, completing fourteen highly successful novels including Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and Bleak House, as well as penning journalism, shorter fiction and travel books. He died in 1870. J. B. Priestley was born in Bradford in 1894. He fought in the First World War and was badly wounded in 1916. He went on to study at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and, from the late 1920s, established himself as a successful novelist, playwright, essayist, social commentator and radio broadcaster. He is best known for his 1945 play, An Inspector Calls. J. B. Priestley died in 1984.

Release date NZ

February 8th, 2018

Author

Charles Dickens

Series

Macmillan Collector's Library

Contributors

Illustrated by George Cruikshank
Introduction by J.B. Priestley

Pages

152

Interest Age

From 18 years

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

13 Illustrations, unspecified

Dimensions

100x155x12

ISBN-13

9781509854288

Product ID

26773941

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