page_title: The City of Dreadful Night
hierarchical_section_title: The City of Dreadful Night
caption_attribution_description: London slums Wellcome Images Keywords: london 19th century; london slums; Gustave Doré; Gustave Doré
context_page_description: The City of Dreadful Night is a long poem by the Scottish poet James "B.V." Thomson, written between 1870 and 1873, and published in the National Reformer in 1874, then, in 1880, in a book entitled The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems. The poem is noted for the pessimistic philosophy that it expresses. It has been argued, that the city described in the poem is based on London.
context_section_description: The City of Dreadful Night is a long poem by the Scottish poet James "B.V." Thomson, written between 1870 and 1873, and published in the National Reformer in 1874, then, in 1880, in a book entitled The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems. The poem is noted for the pessimistic philosophy that it expresses. It has been argued, that the city described in the poem is based on London.
caption: Illustration of 19th century London slums by Gustave Doré
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