The Uncommercial Traveller

• Оригинальное название: The Uncommercial Traveller
• Автор(ы): Диккенс Чарльз
• Язык: Русский, Английский
• Размер: 210/150/25 mm
• Издатель: Печать по требованию
• Год выхода: 2018
• Оформление: Мягкая обложка
• Количество страниц: 488
• ISBN: 978-5-521-06852-4

At the height of his career Charles Dickens wrote a series of sketches, mostly set in London, which he collected as The Uncommercial Traveller. In the persona of "the Uncommercial," Dickens wanders the city streets and brings London, its inhabitants, commerce, and entertainment vividly to life. Sometimes autobiographical, as childhood experiences are interwoven with adult memories, the sketches include visits to the Paris Morgue, the Liverpool docks, a workhouse, a school for poor children, and the theater. They also describe theperils of travel, including seasickness, shipwreck, the coming of the railways, and the wretchedness of dining in English hotels and restaurants.