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Ships from and sold by EXPERAL SINGAPORE Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN 13: 9780199686650 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 440 Dimensons: 202 x 135 x 30 | 548 (gram) ---------------------------------------- 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, inclu...