Dickens on railways : a great novelist's travels by train
Dickens, Charles, 1812-18702020
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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 this volume.
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Dickens on railways : a great novelist's travels by train / Charles Dickens ; edited by Tony Williams.
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London : Safe Haven Books, 2020.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781916045354 (hbk. :)
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English
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1920734
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