London

by Jerrold, Blanchard

• ISBN13: 9781843311935
• ISBN10: 1843311933
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Anthem Pr

Summary

London: A Pilgrimage was conceived in 1868 by the journalist and playwright Blanchard Jerrold. Accompanied by the famous artist Gustave Dore, Jerrold prowled every corner of the heaving metropolis, sometimes with plain-clothes police for protection. London: A Pilgrimage is every bit a forgotten classic of social journalism, a frank and brutal look at the poverty stricken, gin-swilling London of the nineteenth century, written in a perceptive, bold and gripping style.

Author Biography

Blanchard Jerrold (1826–1884) was both journalist and playwright, with Cool as a Cucumber being the most successful of his plays. He was also editor of Lloyd's Weekly News and closely associated with Charles Dickens, even working as one of the contributors for Dickens' weekly periodical Household Words.

 

Gustave Doré (1832–1883) was an amazingly gifted artist, who was known for the intensity of his engravings and was even called 'the last of the Romantics'. Among his many works are illustrated editions of Paradise Lost, The Bible and The Idylls of the Kings.

 

Peter Ackroyd is a successful and respected author and historian with a great interest in the city of London. His many publications include London: The Biography (Chatto & Windus, 2000) and The Lambs of London (Chatto & Windus, 2004). He has also written imaginatively convincing biographies of literary greats like TS Eliot, Charles Dickens, William Blake and Thomas More.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Introduction	xvii
Peter Ackroyd
Preface	xxi
Introduction	1	(8)
London Bridge	9	(8)
The Busy River-Side	17	(10)
The Docks	27	(8)
Above Bridge to Westminster	35	(14)
All London at A Boat Race	49	(12)
The Race	61	(6)
The Derby	67	(11)
London on the Downs	78	(10)
The West End	88	(8)
In the Season	96	(9)
By the Abbey	105	(9)
London, Under Green Leaves	114	(7)
With the Beasts	121	(7)
Work-A-Day London	128	(12)
Humble Industries	140	(11)
The Town of Malt	151	(6)
Under Lock and Key	157	(9)
Whitechapel and Thereabouts	166	(12)
In The Market Places	178	(13)
London at Play	191	(21)
London Charity	212