A Londoner S London Classic Reprint
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A Londoner S London Classic Reprint
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Author : Wilfred Whitten
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-02-14
A Londoner S London Classic Reprint written by Wilfred Whitten and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Excerpt from A Londoner's London Preface, he said, always put him in mind of Hamlet's exclamation to the tardy player, Leave thy damnable faces, and begin 1 I delay to begin only to explain that the London of these pages is not the measureless town of the guide-books: that London on which a hundred and fifty years ago Horace Walpole began a book, only to faint and fail: that London which, still earlier, had been called a county covered with houses, a description which has passed from metaphor to fact. The Londoner's true London is smaller. It is the sum of his own tracks in the maze, the town in which, by hap, he has most often eaten his bread and thought his thoughts. Samuel Butler remarks in his published note-books that he was more in Fetter Lane than in any other street of London, and that Lincoln's Inn Fields, the British Museum, the Strand, Fleet Street, and the Embank ment came next. This is a very small London, to which my own adds the City, the northern suburbs, and those more national regions of Westminster and the Parks which may be called Everyman's. Although. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Londoners Classic Reprint
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Author : Robert Smythe Hichens
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-23
The Londoners Classic Reprint written by Robert Smythe Hichens and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-23 with categories.
Excerpt from The Londoners Mrs. Verulam sat down on an immense sofa near the window, and Marriner proceeded to bank her up with cushions. She glanced into a tiny hand-mirror which hung by a silver chain at her side. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Rambles Round London Town Classic Reprint
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Author : C. L. Matéaux
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-02
Rambles Round London Town Classic Reprint written by C. L. Matéaux and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02 with categories.
Excerpt from Rambles Round London Town SO wrote Washington Irving, and the passage is a fitting introduction 'to the grand Old Minster of which every Londoner is proud, and which no visitor to the metropolis misses seeing. One way to it, among others, is still the King Street of our old rh'yme. AS to the man that keeps the Abbey tombs, he is a very reasonable being, who will leave us to wander in the Chapels at our own discretion, if we desire to do so; while on Mon days, Tuesdays, and holidays he is not even to be seen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The City Of London Classic Reprint
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Author : P. H. Ditchfield
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-03-21
The City Of London Classic Reprint written by P. H. Ditchfield and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-21 with Architecture categories.
Excerpt from The City of London Within this area we shall discover many objects of surpassing interest a cathedral of world-wide fame whose golden cross, Shining in the sunlight, greets the wanderers as they return home sailing up the Thames; a fortress of great strength, each stone of which seems to tell some story connected with London and England's annals; many churches that proclaim the renown of a great architect; the Guildhall, the centre of the municipal life; the Exchange with its story Of successful commerce; great schools and monasteries; the halls of the City Gild to which London owed so much of its trade and com mercial prosperity; the Inns of Court, the houses of the lawyers. Moreover the names of the streets record the memories of the old City life, and are full of interest for observant and inquiring minds. In this City we will wander, and while we muse upon the past we will not forget the present and the future. The Londoner is the heir of the ages. His ancestors struggled hard for freedom and settled government. They had a keen sense of duty to the brethren Of their gilds, to their City, their Church, and God. Their keenness in trade, their vivacity, their indomitable determination to over come misfortunes, made their City what it is, the central feature of a world-wide Empire and those same qualities will enable the modern Londoner to maintain and uphold the heritage he has received from his forefathers, and preserve the glory that is London. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Lonely Londoners
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Author : Sam Selvon
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2014-09-25
The Lonely Londoners written by Sam Selvon and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-25 with Fiction categories.
Both devastating and funny, The Lonely Londoners is an unforgettable account of immigrant experience - and one of the great twentieth-century London novels At Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes. In this strange, cold and foggy city where the natives can be less than friendly at the sight of a black face, has Galahad met his Waterloo? But the irrepressible newcomer cannot be cast down. He and all the other lonely new Londoners - from shiftless Cap to Tolroy, whose family has descended on him from Jamaica - must try to create a new life for themselves. As pessimistic 'old veteran' Moses watches their attempts, they gradually learn to survive and come to love the heady excitements of London. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Susheila Nasta. 'His Lonely Londoners has acquired a classics status since it appeared in 1956 as the definitive novel about London's West Indians' Financial Times 'The unforgettable picaresque ... a vernacular comedy of pathos' Guardian
Memories Of Victorian London Classic Reprint
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Author : L. B. Walford
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-22
Memories Of Victorian London Classic Reprint written by L. B. Walford and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-22 with categories.
Excerpt from Memories of Victorian London May I dare to hope that a few words of preface to this book of "Memories" will hold my readers' attention for a moment, as it is very necessary that they should be written? In my former volume of "Recollections," no reference was made to certain episodes which must always rank among the great days of my life, yet which did not fit in with the general tenor of that book. They had an interest all their own. They could not be dismissed with a passing tribute. They merited more - much more. They haunted me in many a lonely Highland glen, or by the waters of some lapping lake - and the time seems now come when they can be put on record. For it was my happy fate to be from time to time, from early youth onwards, the guest of a beloved relation, to me as a sister, in her London home, where she was the centre of a singularly attractive circle. Albeit a rich and handsome young married woman with abundance of energy and leisure, she cared nothing for gay society, but sought and was sought by many either already prominent in the world of letters, or destined to become so. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Ins And Outs Of London Classic Reprint
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Author : W. O'daniel
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-09-09
Ins And Outs Of London Classic Reprint written by W. O'daniel and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-09 with Architecture categories.
Excerpt from Ins and Outs of London Pages I have not endeavored to produce anything new. The majority of the objects themselves, upon which I have written, are old - and the accounts we have of them are old - but, as I have before stated, the theme is exhaustless. I have principally endeavored to describe persons and things as I found them - nothing more. The pleasure of occupying many leisure hours has repaid me for all trouble taken with my notes and thus, with a clear conscience and without apology, I cast the drop into the fathomless sea of books. Wm. O'd. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Londoners
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Author : Craig Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2011-11-03
Londoners written by Craig Taylor and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-03 with History categories.
Here are the voices of London - rich and poor, native and immigrant, women and men - witnessed by Craig Taylor, an acclaimed journalist, playwright and writer, who spent five years exploring the city and listening to its residents. From the woman whose voice announces the stations on the London Underground to the man who plants the trees along Oxford Street; from a Pakistani currency trader to a Guardsman at Buckingham Palace - together, these voices and many more, paint a vivid, epic and wholly fresh portrait of Twenty-First Century London.
South London Classic Reprint
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Author : Sir Walter Besant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-06-29
South London Classic Reprint written by Sir Walter Besant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-29 with Social Science categories.
Excerpt from South London The Bastard of Falconbridge bombards the city: Sir John Fastolfe's man is pressed into Jack Cades army: the Minters make their last Sanctuary opposite St. Georges: the Debtors languish in the King's Bench. There are many pictures in the box - but how many more there are for which no room could be found! I must acknowledge my obligations, first, to the Editor of the Pall Mall Magazine where half of these chapters first had the honour of appearing, for the wealth of illustration of which he thought them worthy: and next to the artist, Mr. Percy Wadham, who has so faithfully and so cunningly carried out the task committed to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Story Of London Classic Reprint
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Author : Henry Benjamin Wheatley
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-12
The Story Of London Classic Reprint written by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12 with categories.
Excerpt from The Story of London Here can be no doubt that our interest in the dim past is increased the more we are able to read into the dry documents before us the human character of the actors. As long as these actors are only names to us we seem to be walking in a world Of shadows, but when we can realise them as beings like ourselves with the same feelings and aspirations, although governed by other conditions Of life, all is changed, and we take the keenest interest in attempting to understand circum stances so different from those under which we live. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.