Dickens's London

About the author

Peter Clark is a writer, translator and consultant who was director of the British Council in Syria (1992-97). He has written books on Marmaduke Pickthall, Wilfred Thesiger, and Charles Dickens, and has translated fiction and non-fiction from Arabic. He is the author of Damascus Diaries: Life under the Assads.

Summary

Based on five walks in central London, Peter Clark illuminates the settings of Dickens's London, his life, his journalism and his fiction. He also explores `The First Suburbs' (Camden Town, Chelsea, Greenwich, Hampstead, Highgate and Limehouse) as they feature in Dickens's writing.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Clark, Clark Peter, Klaus Wagenbach
• Assisted by: Ewald Osers (Translation)
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781909961678
• ISBN: 978-1-909961-67-8
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Armchair Traveller
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Travel writing, Biography: writers