Description: The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens and published in 1860–1861.In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called All Year Round, and the "Uncommercial Traveller" articles would be among his main contributions. He seems to have chosen the title and persona of the Uncommercial Traveller as a result of a speech he gave on 22 December 1859 to the Commercial Travellers' School in London, in his role as honorary chairman and treasurer. The persona sits well with a writer who liked to travel, not only as a tourist, but also to research and report what he found visiting Europe, America and giving book readings throughout Britain. He did not seem content to rest late in his career when he had attained wealth and comfort and continued travelling locally, walking the streets of London in the mould of the flaneur, a "gentleman stroller of city streets". He often suffered from insomnia and his night-time wanderings gave him an insight into some of the hidden aspects of Victorian London, details of which he also incorporated into his novels. (Text courtesy of Wikipedia)
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Book Title: The Uncommercial Traveller
Custom Bundle: No
Book Series: Dickens' Works Household Edition
Original Language: English
Item Length: 5 in
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 8 in
Personalized: No
Topic: Christmas, Travel Writing, Adventure
Item Width: 1.5 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Publisher: Lee and Shepard
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: No
Publication Year: 1877
Illustrator: S. Ettinge, Jr.
Era: 1800s
Author: Charles Dickens
Genre: Humor, Travel
Item Weight: 25 oz
Number of Pages: 352
