{"product_id":"9781916045354","title":"Dickens on Railways : A Great Novelist's Travels by Train","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Dickens, Charles, Williams, Tony \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eTrains \u0026amp; railways: general interest\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 October 2020 by Safe Haven Books in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 224 pages, 10 black and white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e136 x 205 x 18 | 278g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-nineteenth century, the great age of railway building, Charles Dickens could not but be aware of their transformative impact on society. So he wrote about it - to a remarkable extent. He wrote a classic ghost story, 'The Signalman'; in Dombey and Son about what is now the West Coast Main Line being carved through north London in great ravines. He wrote satirical pieces about railway catering - even back then; about the wonder of express train travel to the Channel ports; travel pieces about exploring America by train - and about being personally involved in the notorious Staplehurst train crash in Kent. Now, in the year of Dickens' 150th anniversary, Tony Williams, a distinguished Dickens scholar, collects all these railway writings into a handsome little volume ideal for a long train journey...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39946482450619,"sku":"9781916045354","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781916045354.jpg?v=1713563891","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9781916045354","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}