London Perceived - Brossura

Pritchett, V. S.; Hofer, Evelyn

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1567921485 ISBN 13: 9781567921489

Casa editrice: David R Godine Pub, 2002

Riassunto

Here is a distillation of the London experience - a panorama of its history, art, literature, and daily life. Here is the city that Londoners know, a paradox of grandeur and grime, the locus of bustling markets and tranquil parks, of the ancient and modern, of palaces and pubs, of docks and railroad depots. Great Londoners of the past stalk these pages - Wren, Pepys, Defoe, Hogarth, Dickens, and of course, that consummate Londoner, Samuel Johnson, who said, "No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford." And here, too, are the faces of the people inhabiting London today - milkmen and master mariners, dockers and shopkeepers, messengers, Chelsea pensioners, and, inevitably, the London bobby. There is, as well, an analysis of the Londoner himself, enigmatic and enduring, with his remote but insistent respect for law, royalty, and ritual, his affection for argument, his toleration of eccentrics. This new paperback of the original 1962 edition offers a loving tribute to a great city's past and present.

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• Editore: David R Godine Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1567921485
• ISBN 13: 9781567921489
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 214
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