Jackson, Lee

Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London

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ISBN 13:: 9780300279344
author:: Jackson, Lee
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Yale University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2025
Pages:: 304
Dimensions:: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2.5 centimetres (0
Genre:: Biography, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:: New
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Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London explores the fascinating phenomenon of tourists seeking out the landmarks and locations featured in Charles Dickens's novels. Since his death, fans have been drawn to the city that was undergoing rapid redevelopment, where literary shrines were not always sacred.

Lee Jackson delves into the history of Dickensian tourism, tracing the evolution of sites connected with Dickens and their relationship with his work. From vanished coaching inns to submerged riverside stairs, hidden burial grounds to apocryphal shops, this book charts the curious history of an imaginary world shaped by fandom, tourism, and heritage entrepreneurs.

Through meticulous research, Jackson reveals how tourists have reimagined and reinvented the Dickensian metropolis over the past 150 years. This engaging narrative is a delight for urban historians and fans of Dickens's evocative fiction.

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