Scenes of London Life
From 'Sketches by Boz'
Charles Dickens author George Cruikshank illustrator J B Priestley editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Published:8th Feb '18
Should be back in stock very soon
Thirteen stories from Charles Dickens's Sketches by Boz, selected and introduced by the inimitable J. B. Priestley
Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Chosen and introduced by the playwright J. B. Priestley, these twelve marvellous sketches are accompanied by George Cruikshank’s evocative illustrations.
Charles Dickens was one of the great chroniclers of London life. From the colourful chaos of dances and gin-shops to the sparse destitution of the pawnshop and the penitentiary, he captured the grime and the glory of the English capital with singular brilliance.
Orphans and beggars, lord mayors and murderers, actors, criminals, cab drivers and prostitutes; all rub shoulders in this wonderful selection from Sketches by Boz.
ISBN: 9781509854288
Dimensions: 160mm x 100mm x 14mm
Weight: 116g
152 pages