{"product_id":"the-uncommercial-traveller-charles-dickens-9780199686650","title":"The Uncommercial Traveller","description":"At the height of his career, around the time he was working on \u003cem\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOur Mutual Friend\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles Dickens wrote a series of sketches, mostly set in London, which he collected as \u003cem\u003eThe Uncommercial Traveller.\u003c\/em\u003e 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 theater. They also describe the perils of travel, including seasickness, shipwreck, the coming of the railways, and the wretchedness of dining in English hotels and restaurants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe work is quintessential Dickens, with each piece showcasing his imaginative writing style, his keen observational powers, and his characteristic wit. In this edition Daniel Tyler explores Dickens's fascination with the city and the book's connections with concerns evident in his fiction: social injustice, human mortality, a fascination with death and the passing of time. Often funny, sometimes indignant, always exuberant, \u003cem\u003eThe Uncommercial Traveller\u003c\/em\u003e is a revelatory encounter with Dickens and the Victorian city he knew so well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199686653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199686650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Charles Dickens","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443300184319,"sku":"9780199686650","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_531b1b97-f637-44b8-ba7e-7df76a4795f2.jpg?v=1777204581","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-uncommercial-traveller-charles-dickens-9780199686650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}