'And O, Angelica, what has become of you, this present Sunday
morning when I can't attend to the sermon; and, more difficult
question than that, what has become of Me as I was when I sat by
your side?' At the height of his career, around the time he was
working on Great Expectations and Our Mutual Friend, Charles
Dickens wrote a series of sketches, mostly set in London, which he
collected as The Uncommercial Traveller. In the persona of 'the
Uncommercial', Dickens wanders the city streets and brings London,
its inhabitants, commerce and entertainment vividly to life.
Sometimes autobiographical, as childhood experiences are interwoven
with adult memories, the sketches include visits to the Paris
Morgue, the Liverpool docks, a workhouse, a school for poor
children, and the theatre. They also describe the perils of travel,
including seasickness, shipwreck, the coming of the railways, and
the wretchedness of dining in English hotels and restaurants. The
work is quintessential Dickens, with each piece showcasing his
imaginative writing style, his keen observational powers, and his
characteristic wit. In this edition Daniel Tyler explores Dickens's
fascination with the city and the book's connections with concerns
evident in his fiction: social injustice, human mortality, a
fascination with death and the passing of time. Often funny,
sometimes indignant, always exuberant, The Uncommercial Traveller
is a revelatory encounter with Dickens, and the Victorian city he
knew so well.
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