Dickens' London
Subtitle: an imaginative vision
By: introduced by Peter Ackroyd.
Contributors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Publisher: Headline
Published: 1987
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Knowledge -- London (England); Novelists, English -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London; Literary landmarks -- England -- London; London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; London (England) -- In literature; London (England) -- Fiction
First sentence: London created Dickens, just as Dickens created London. He came to it as a small nervous child, but by the time of his death in 1870, he had recreated that city for the generations that followed him.
Description: An intense but very readable illustrated social history of London in the time of Charles Dickens, interwoven with extracts from his writings, alongside many evocative and poignant early photographs of the people and places.
Notes: Includes selected passages from Dickens' novels.