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A review by amalia1985
Literary London by Eloise Millar, Sam Jordison
4.0
Eloise Millar is our guide in this wonderful, highly-enjoyable tour of London, one of the cradles of World Literature. In Literary London we find ourselves in numerous famous spots. Stations, squares, theatres, pubs, and churches. We meet a plethora of literary figures, following the steps of some of the giants of Literature.
From Shakespare, Marlowe, and Samuel Johnson to Marx, Dylan Thomas, Charlotte Bronte, Virginia Woolf, Henry James and Zola, the list is endless. We travel to Trafalgar Square which became Victory Square in 1984, to Charing Cross to wave goodbye to Harry Potter, to Whitechapel following the traces of Jack the Ripper.
Between those famous and many other less illustrious spots, some of the greatest Literature of all times have been created, and the book is a tribute to Literature and to a city full of mysteries, blessed with a dark, bleak beauty. After all, when a novel is set in London, the city becomes a character.
From Shakespare, Marlowe, and Samuel Johnson to Marx, Dylan Thomas, Charlotte Bronte, Virginia Woolf, Henry James and Zola, the list is endless. We travel to Trafalgar Square which became Victory Square in 1984, to Charing Cross to wave goodbye to Harry Potter, to Whitechapel following the traces of Jack the Ripper.
Between those famous and many other less illustrious spots, some of the greatest Literature of all times have been created, and the book is a tribute to Literature and to a city full of mysteries, blessed with a dark, bleak beauty. After all, when a novel is set in London, the city becomes a character.