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Memories of London / Edmondo de Amicis ; translated by Stephen Parkin. Followed by An excursion to the poor districts of London / Louis Laurent Simonin ; translated by Adam Elgar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amicis, Edmondo de, author.
- Simonin, Louis Laurent, author.
- Language:
- English
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- De Amicis, Edmondo, 1846-1908.
- De Amicis, Edmondo.
- Simonin, Louis, 1830-1886.
- Simonin, Louis.
- Travel.
- London (England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Surrey : Alma Classics, 2014.
- Summary:
- As a first-time visitor to London, De Amicis was awestruck by the bustle and magnificence of the Victorian metropolis and wrote a number of sketches in his trademark witty, observational style, which made him one of the best-selling travel writers of his age...Originally conceived as a series of newspaper articles and later published in volume form, De Amicis's Memories of London brings back to life all the bygone charm of the capital of the British Empire. De Amicis's impressions are paired here with a piece written by one of his contemporaries, the French writer Louis Laurent Simonin, which leaves the city's opulence and grandeur behind and offers an uncompromising look at the poverty and squalor of its most deprived areas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 1, 2017).
- Contains:
- Simonin, Louis, 1830-1886. Excursion dans les quartiers de Londres. English.
- ISBN:
- 9780714545578
- 0714545570
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