Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780792242079)

Anna Quindlen first visited London from a chair in her suburban Philadelphia home-in one of her beloved childhood mystery novels. She has been back to London countless times since, through the pages of books and in person, and now, in Imagined London, she takes her own readers on a tour of this greatest of literary cities. While New York, Paris, and Dublin are also vividly portrayed in fiction, it is London, Quindlen argues, that has always been the star, both because of the primacy of English literature and the specificity of city descriptions. She bases her view of the city on her own detailed literary map, tracking the footsteps of her favorite characters: the places where Evelyn Waugh's bright young things danced until dawn, or where Lydia Bennett eloped with the dastardly Wickham. In Imagined London, Quindlen walks through the city, moving within blocks from the great books of the 19th century to the detective novels of the 20th to the new modernist tradition of the 21st. With wit and charm, Imagined London gives this splendid city its full due in the landscape of the literary imagination. Praise for Imagined London: Shows just how much a reading experience can enrich a physical journey. -New York Times Book Review

Author: Anna Quindlen
ISBN-10: 0792242076
ISBN-13: 9780792242079
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Language: English
Published: 01/17/2006
Pages: 162
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.58w x 0.53d

About the Author
Anna Quindlen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of books such as One True Thing, Miller's Valley, and Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City. She is also a Pulitzer Prize?winning journalist who has worked at The New York Times and Newsweek. To learn more, visit annaquindlen.net.