SCENES OF LONDON LIFE (COLLECTORS LIBRARY)

From the colourful chaos of dances and gin-shops to the sparse destitution of the pawnshop and the penitentiary, Dickens captured the grime and the glory of the English capital with singular brilliance. Orphans and beggars, lord mayors and murderers, actors, criminals, cab drivers and prostitutes; all rub shoulders in this selection from Sketches by Boz. Illustrated throughout by George Cruikshank and includes an introduction by the playwright J. B. Priestley. The Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of gift editions of classic titles.