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Dickens’ London

Dickens’ London

Francis Miltoun

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Alpha Editions
Año de edición:
2021
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Historia
ISBN:
9789354844980
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A doorway to a bustling city of long shadows and bright ambitions, Dickens’ London unfolds as a living companion to wanderers of history and lovers of language. Francis Miltoun’s antique tour becomes a modern invitation: a historical travelogue that charts urban life with the eye of a critic and the heart of a raconteur.This volume offers more than a guide to streets and landmarks. It is an urban history survey that frames Victorian London through street scenes and culture, revealing how literature and place illuminate one another. Within its pages, readers will find a lucid, illustrated cultural guide to literary london landscapes, and a window into early victorian literature contexts that enrich Charles Dickens studies and general curiosity alike. For historical researchers and curious collectors, the book offers precise markers of sociocultural texture-neighbourhoods, rituals, and the daily rhythms that shaped London England streets.Out of print for decades, this edition has been restored for today’s and future generations, honouring the original voice while ensuring clarity for modern readers. Not merely a reprint, but a collector’s item and a cultural treasure, it invites both casual readers and serious scholars to walk again through Victorian London, to feel its life, its pace, and its enduring relevance to our own cities.

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