In the mid-nineteenth century, the great age of railway building,
Charles Dickens could not but be aware of their transformative
impact on society. So he wrote about it - to a remarkable extent.
He wrote a classic ghost story, 'The Signalman'; in Dombey and Son
about what is now the West Coast Main Line being carved through
north London in great ravines. He wrote satirical pieces about
railway catering - even back then; about the wonder of express
train travel to the Channel ports; travel pieces about exploring
America by train - and about being personally involved in the
notorious Staplehurst train crash in Kent. Now, in the year of
Dickens' 150th anniversary, Tony Williams, a distinguished Dickens
scholar, collects all these railway writings into a handsome little
volume ideal for a long train journey...
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