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About The London Scene
The London Scene is a collection of essays written by one of London's most acclaimed writers. Virginia Woolf was born and lived much of her life in the city, using it as the backdrop for many of her works. She was a fervent walker and her keen eye keeps pace as she strides across the city that she loved above all others. The London Scene begins in the docks of the east and flows against the Thames tide westwards, following the commercial pulse of the city from the disembarkment of goods at Tilbury to the crowds of shoppers on Oxford Street, before winding on majestically to the grand buildings of the City and Westminster. Virginia Woolf pauses to admire the splendour of St. Paul's and the austerity of Westminster Abbey. She visits the spartan houses of literary men, and concludes her walk with a wry look at the House of Commons. With specially commissioned illustrations by Suzanne Barton The London Scene is a beautifully illustrated, gift-book-sized hardback that marks the launch of the Signature Collection, a series of neglected or forgotten works by major authors. Next in line are pieces by EM Forster, Edgar Allan Poe and Jerome K Jerome, which are to be published in the spring. --Observer
About Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf is one of the great authors of the twentieth century. A member of the Bloomsbury set, her most famous novels
include A Room of One's Own and Mrs Dalloway
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Praise
...they're observational vignettes, snapshots of London life which manage to be both dated (in their snobbery) and strangely modern (in their meandering, histrionic resemblance to the psychogeographical ruminations of Iain Sinclair: The Tower of London, for example, is 'the knot, the clue, the hub of all those scattered miles of skeleton desolation'.) -- Time Out
Book information
Price: £11.99
ISBN13: 9780954575922
Publication Date: 01/09/2004
Availability: Available Now
Format: Jacketed Hardback
Category: Classics
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