Walking literary London

Title:

Author:

Browning, Stephen.

ISBN:

9781399096874

Personal Author:

Browning, Stephen.

Publication Date:

2023

Physical Description:

184 pages ; 25 cm

Abstract:

London possesses a literary heritage which is unique and in large part unrivalled in any city in the world. In this book, literary London is presented through its authors and literature: William Shakespeare, Andrea Levy, G.A. Henty, Geoffrey Chaucer, P.L. Travers, Samuel Pepys, Sherlock Holmes, Charles Dickens, Una Marson, Joe Orton, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Phillis Wheatley, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Katherine Mansfield, Harry Potter and Samuel Selvon to name just a very few.

Subject Term:

Literary landmarks -- England -- London -- Guidebooks.

Authors, English -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London -- Guidebooks.

Travel Guides.

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"Meant for travelers and general readers, this book belongs to adventurers of all sorts, whether on the road or in their minds." - Library Journal

London possesses a literary heritage which is unique and in large part unrivaled in any city in the world.In this book, literary London is presented through its authors and literature: William Shakespeare, Andrea Levy, G.A. Henty, Geoffrey Chaucer, P.L. Travers, Samuel Pepys, Sherlock Holmes, Charles Dickens, Una Marson, Joe Orton, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Phillis Wheatley, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Katherine Mansfield, Harry Potter and Samuel Selvon to name just a very few. The text takes the reader on a series of walks, each of which is original and unique, the result of twenty years' exploration of this wonderful city by the author. Detailed maps have been specially commissioned.The text is accompanied by over 80 original photographs taken by the author.In these pages you will find the details of hundreds of writers and their works; wherever you walk in the great city of London - even if solely in imagination from an armchair - the experience is going to be extraordinary.

Author Notes

Stephen Browning is the author of the highly acclaimed studies The World of Charles Dickens (Halsgtove 2012) and On the Trail of Sherlock Holmes (Pen and Sword 2022). His first book was a collaborative project with a dozen other students whilst at the University of Kent, Canterbury for the Disabled. He now lives in Norfolk where he has written several books about the county, some of which, including Visitors' Historic Britain: Norwich and Norfolk, Stone age to the Great War (2020), have been published by Pen and Sword. He has co-written several books aimed at helping young people and professionals master the English Language in China and East Asia: two of these have won 'No 1 Book of the Year' awards from the Library Service in Taiwan. www.stephenbrowningbooks.co.uk or www.facebook.com/stevebrowningbooks

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Library Journal Review

Browning's (Norwich in the Great War) latest book disrupts boundaries between past and present, fiction and reality, by creating a pathway for readers to travel beyond the borders of books. He takes them into what remains of authorial haunts, characters' homes, and the streets, buildings, and landmarks made visceral in texts. This book mentions authors as different as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William Blake, Rudyard Kipling, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and George Eliot. Rather than simply exploring sites text by text or with a focus on an author, literary movement, or time period, this is a fabulously nonlinear approach that layers the lives and literary productions of authors onto the landscape. With maps and time allotments for each walk, the book is a practical guide, ready for readers to slip into a carry-on or a backpack for easy access during a visit to London. Yet it also draws readers in for the stories, including summaries, biographical details, and anecdotes from authors' lives, their characters' adventures, and the pictures of the featured sites. VERDICT Meant for travelers and general readers, this book belongs to adventurers of all sorts, whether on the road or in their minds.--Emily Bowles

Acknowledgements	6
Introduction	7
Walk 1 Baker Street, Regent's Park, into Wimpole Street and on to Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square.	9
Walk 2 Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, Leicester Square, Charing Cross Road and Soho.	31
Walk 3 Trafalgar Square, Strand. Fleet St, St Paul's, Southwark Cathedral, Guy's Hospital, Lant Street, Shakespeare's Globe, Royal Festival Hall, Northumberland Avenue.	41
Walk 4 Holborn, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Temple Bar and Chancery Lane.	80
Walk 5 Pall Mall, Piccadilly and Mayfair.	90
Walk 6 At the centre of Government - a walk in Westminster, Victoria and Whitehall.	100
Walk 7 Tottenham Court Road, around the British Museum and Covent Garden.	112
Walk 8 Bloomsbury and the British Library.	125
Walk 9 A walk around the City and East End.	137
Walk 10 Elsewhere in London, north of the river.	151
Walk 11 Elsewhere in London, south of the river.	176
Endnotes	184
Bibliography	189
Index	191

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