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The silent traveller in London / Chiang Yee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chiang, Yee, 1903-1977.
- Series:
- Lost and found series.
- Lost and found series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese.
- History.
- London (England)--Description and travel.
- London (England).
- London (England)--Social life and customs.
- Chinese--England--London--History--20th century.
- England--London.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Interlink Books, 2002.
- Summary:
- Chiang Yee's account of London, first published in 1938, reverses the expected conventions of travel writing. This is an alien's perspective of this "exotic" city and the habits of the people who live there. Illustrated with the authors sketches.
- Contents:
- Part I London Scene
- Spring in London 13
- Summer in London 25
- Autumn in London 37
- Winter in London 49
- London Fog 59
- London under the Moon 68
- London in Snow 75
- London in Wind and Rain 83
- The River Thames 91
- Part II London Life
- About Children 101
- On Books 110
- About Statues 119
- A Study of Names 126
- At Galleries 132
- On Plays and Films 141
- About Teatime 147
- On Food 154
- On Drink or Wine 165
- On Men 171
- On Women 184
- On Old Age 196
- Some Personalities 205.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Country Life, Ltd. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1939.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1566564271
- OCLC:
- 48100662
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