The uncommercial traveller

Resource Information

The work The uncommercial traveller represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The uncommercial traveller

Statement of responsibility

Charles Dickens ; edited by Daniel Tyler

Creator

• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Contributor

• Tyler, Daniel, 1981-

Author

• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Editor

• Tyler, Daniel, 1981-

Subject

• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
• England -- London
• History
• London (England) -- History -- 19th century
• London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
• Social conditions
• 1800 - 1899
• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

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

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

AU@

Dewey number

942.12

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR4572

LC item number

.U6 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult