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The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Uncommercial Traveller about?
'And O, Angelica, what has become of you, this present Sunday morning when I can't attend to the sermon; and, more difficult question than that, what has become of Me as I was when I sat by your side?' At the height of his career, around the time he was working on Great Expectations and Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens wrote a series of sketches, mostly set in London, which he collected as The Uncommercial Traveller. In the persona of 'the Uncommercial', Dickens wanders the city streets and brings London, its inhabitants, commerce and entertainment vividly to life. Sometimes autobiographical, as childhood experiences are interwoven with adult memories, thesketches include visits to the Paris Morgue, the Liverpool docks, a workhouse, a school for poor children, and the theatre. They also describe the perils of travel, including seasickness, shipwreck, the coming of the railways, and the wretchedness of dining in English hotels and restaurants. The work is quintessential Dickens,...
Who reads The Uncommercial Traveller?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.53 / 5 (94 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14