Scenes of London Life - From 'Sketches by Boz'

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Chosen and introduced by the playwright J. B. Priestley, these twelve marvellous sketches are accompanied by George Cruikshank's evocative illustrations.Charles Dickens was one of the great chroniclers of London life. From the colourful chaos of dances and gin-shops to the sparse destitution of the pawnshop and the penitentiary, he captured the grime and the glory of the English capital with singular brilliance.Orphans and beggars, lord mayors and murderers, actors, criminals, cab drivers and prostitutes; all rub shoulders in this wonderful selection from Sketches by Boz.

Summary

Thirteen stories from Charles Dickens's Sketches by Boz, selected and introduced by the inimitable J. B. Priestley

Product details

• Authors: Charles Dickens
• Assisted by: George Cruikshank (Illustration), George (Illustrator) Cruikshank (Illustration), J. B. Priestley (Introduction)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781509854288
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-5428-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 100 mm x 160 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit