The Norton Book of London [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0393036316 ISBN 13: 9780393036312

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1995

Riassunto

Essays and writings by such varied writers as Dickens, Boswell, Dostoyevsky, Lenin, and Martin Amis celebrate the city of London, its rich history, landmarks, people, culture, and more. 15,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

A. N. Wilson is currently editor of the Evening Standard.

Product Description:

London has always been much more than a capital city. Its allure is so powerful that the city of monarchs and merchants once prompted Samuel Johnson to declare, "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." From the Great Fire of 1666 to the Blitz of World War II, from the building of the Tower of London to the building of Canary Wharf, this prodigious city has long stood at the heart of English national life. At one time the center of the greatest mercantile empire the world has ever known, today London remains one of the major financial hubs of the world, as well as one of the most interesting tourist destinations in the English-speaking world. In this fascinating trip through time and space, celebrated biographer and novelist A. N. Wilson gathers a collection of literature that reflects not merely a sense of place but also the teeming variety of the town that, in its very refusal to be defined, so consistently captures the world's interest. The Norton Book of London views the city through the eyes of writers as various as Dickens and Joe Orton, Dostoyevsky and Lenin, Boswell and Martin Amis. We see criminal London, low life and high life, beggars and politicians, royal families, intellectuals and animals, in a wonderful portrait that celebrates London both past and present. From Black Beauty to Virginia Woolf, Wilson has scoured the shelves for a rich potpourri of the familiar, the diverting, and the strange.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0393036316
• ISBN 13: 9780393036312
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 484
• Redattore: Wilson A. N.