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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