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The uncommercial traveller Charles Dickens ; edited by J.H. Alexander
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, author.
- Series:
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. 2020 Works.
- The Oxford edition of Charles Dickens
- Oxford scholarly editions online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Travel--Great Britain.
- Dickens, Charles.
- Great Britain--Description and travel.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource maps (black and white)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2025
- Summary:
- 'The Uncommercial Traveller' is a remarkable display of creative journalism from Dickens's final decade, balancing Sketches by Boz at the beginning of his career. The 37 short papers, which first appeared in his weekly journal All The Year Round, offer sensitive and penetrating perspectives on London, Britain, and France in the 1860s
- Contents:
- The Uncommercial Traveller
- 1 His General Line of Business
- 2 The Shipwreck
- 3 Wapping Workhouse
- 4 Two Views of a Cheap Theatre
- 5 Poor Mercantile Jack
- 6 Refreshments for Travellers
- 7 Travelling Abroad
- 8 The Great Tasmania's Cargo
- 9 City of London Churches
- 10 Shy Neighbourhoods
- 11 Tramps
- 12 Dullborough Town
- 13 Night Walks
- 14 Chambers
- 15 Nurse's Stories
- 16 Arcadian London
- 17 The Italian Prisoner
- 18 The Calais Night Mail
- 19 Some Recollections of Mortality
- 20 Birthday Celebrations
- 21 The Short-Timers
- 22 Bound for the Great Salt Lake
- 23 The City of the Absent
- 24 An Old Stage-Coaching House
- 25 The Boiled Beef of New England
- 26 Chatham Dockyard
- 27 In the French-Flemish Country
- 28 Medicine Men of Civilisation
- 29 Titbull's Alms-Houses
- 30 The Ruffian
- 31 Aboard Ship
- 32 A Small Star in the East
- 33 A Little Dinner in an Hour
- 34 Mr. Barlow
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2024
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 26, 2025)
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191976957
- OCLC:
- 1500274859
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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