Dickens on Railways : A Great Novelist's Travels by Train Hardback
by Charles Dickens
Edited by Tony Williams
Hardback
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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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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 10 black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Safe Haven Books
- Publication Date:26/10/2020
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- ISBN:9781916045354
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 10 black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Safe Haven Books
- Publication Date:26/10/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781916045354