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شب گردیها شامل ۸ روایت کوتاه از چارلز دیکنز در مورد پیاده رویهای او در شبهای شهر لندن است. بیخوابی باعث شد دیکنز شبها در خیابانها قدم بزند. مقالات دیگری نیز در مورد زمانی که او در خیابانهای لندن قدم میزند وجود دارد، از جمله زمانی که وی در کودکی از همراه خود جدا میشود و معتقد است که او در آن روز برای همیشه گم میشود و تصمیم میگیرد به دنبال کاری برای ثروتمند شدن برود.
دیکنز همیشه به مباحث اجتماعی علاقه مند بود و زمانی که به پیاده روی میرود تمایل دارد که به قسمتهای فقیر نشین پایتخت برود. وی در طول سفر خود با بسیاری از افراد فقیر ساکن در حاشیه جامعه، به کارگاهها و بیمارستانهای کودکان سر میزند.
هشت مقاله او همه با هم هماهنگ هستند. این مقالهها با واژگان ساده نوشته شده است که پدیدههای مختلف اجتماعی انگلیس را در اواسط قرن نوزدهم نشان میدهد: جنایت و فساد در شب در شهر لندن، رویای ساختن ثروت پر از ماجراجویی، صنعت دریایی بزرگ، شرق لندن در فقر، شرایط نامساعد کار و زندگی، فروشگاه قرعه کشی دروازه بان، خریداران قرعه کشی متعصب، تشییع جنازههای عجیب و غریب و…
دیکنز همیشه به مباحث اجتماعی علاقه مند بود و زمانی که به پیاده روی میرود تمایل دارد که به قسمتهای فقیر نشین پایتخت برود. وی در طول سفر خود با بسیاری از افراد فقیر ساکن در حاشیه جامعه، به کارگاهها و بیمارستانهای کودکان سر میزند.
هشت مقاله او همه با هم هماهنگ هستند. این مقالهها با واژگان ساده نوشته شده است که پدیدههای مختلف اجتماعی انگلیس را در اواسط قرن نوزدهم نشان میدهد: جنایت و فساد در شب در شهر لندن، رویای ساختن ثروت پر از ماجراجویی، صنعت دریایی بزرگ، شرق لندن در فقر، شرایط نامساعد کار و زندگی، فروشگاه قرعه کشی دروازه بان، خریداران قرعه کشی متعصب، تشییع جنازههای عجیب و غریب و…
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Charles Dickens
12.6k books31.2k followersCharles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.
Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens's creative genius has been praised by fellow writers—from Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell and G. K. Chesterton—for its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism. On the other hand, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth, loose writing, and a vein of saccharine sentimentalism. The term Dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters.
On 8 June 1870, Dickens suffered another stroke at his home after a full day's work on Edwin Drood. He never regained consciousness, and the next day he died at Gad's Hill Place. Contrary to his wish to be buried at Rochester Cathedral "in an inexpensive, unostentatious, and strictly private manner," he was laid to rest in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. A printed epitaph circulated at the time of the funeral reads: "To the Memory of Charles Dickens (England's most popular author) who died at his residence, Higham, near Rochester, Kent, 9 June 1870, aged 58 years. He was a sympathiser with the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world." His last words were: "On the ground", in response to his sister-in-law Georgina's request that he lie down.
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Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens's creative genius has been praised by fellow writers—from Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell and G. K. Chesterton—for its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism. On the other hand, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth, loose writing, and a vein of saccharine sentimentalism. The term Dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters.
On 8 June 1870, Dickens suffered another stroke at his home after a full day's work on Edwin Drood. He never regained consciousness, and the next day he died at Gad's Hill Place. Contrary to his wish to be buried at Rochester Cathedral "in an inexpensive, unostentatious, and strictly private manner," he was laid to rest in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. A printed epitaph circulated at the time of the funeral reads: "To the Memory of Charles Dickens (England's most popular author) who died at his residence, Higham, near Rochester, Kent, 9 June 1870, aged 58 years. He was a sympathiser with the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world." His last words were: "On the ground", in response to his sister-in-law Georgina's request that he lie down.
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October 28, 2015
This short book has a number of essays by Charles Dickens about walks he took through London. Insomnia caused Dickens to walk the streets at night, but there are also other essays about his time walking the London streets – including one where he becomes separated from his adult companion as a child and believing himself to be lost forever, determines to go off and seek his fortune.
Dickens was always interested in social reform and his walks tend to take him to the seedier parts of the capital. During his travels he visits workhouses, children’s hospitals and chats with many of the poor people living on the margins of society. At times I felt some of his writing was a little voyeuristic, but then he admitted to being, “unmanned” by the poverty and hunger of the children he came across, and you were once again drawn in.
Obviously, Dickens was a powerful writer and his journalism and eye for detail were (and are) important windows into the poverty of Victorian London. Above all, he treats the companions he talks to as equals and with humanity; never condescending and always interested in human nature. A good read and a nice collection to dip into if you have never read any Dickens before and just want to have an idea of his writing style, before embarking on his, much longer, novels.
Dickens was always interested in social reform and his walks tend to take him to the seedier parts of the capital. During his travels he visits workhouses, children’s hospitals and chats with many of the poor people living on the margins of society. At times I felt some of his writing was a little voyeuristic, but then he admitted to being, “unmanned” by the poverty and hunger of the children he came across, and you were once again drawn in.
Obviously, Dickens was a powerful writer and his journalism and eye for detail were (and are) important windows into the poverty of Victorian London. Above all, he treats the companions he talks to as equals and with humanity; never condescending and always interested in human nature. A good read and a nice collection to dip into if you have never read any Dickens before and just want to have an idea of his writing style, before embarking on his, much longer, novels.
August 22, 2019
Even if you now the City of London very well (like me) you will get new inspiration by joining Dickens on his walks through town. You meet the underprivileged in a working house, come to know the secrets of a betting house, see a children's hospital from the inside and stroll to many places that are still existant today as they were in Dickens' times. I really enjoyed those 8 stories inside and would have liked some more. Trading in Death was a brilliant satire on the attraction of funeral marches for the masses (look at the exorbitant prices for watching a coffin pass by back then!). Don't worry, you can also do the walks in bright daylight! Typical Dickens, recommended both to Dickens fans and new readers.
July 11, 2019
Charles Dickens, mediando sus cuarenta años, sufría de insomnio y, ¿cómo lo combatía? Pues realizando caminatas a altas horas de la madrugada. Lo hacía durante toda la noche para volver a su casa con el sol bien alto y rendido, se acostaba a dormir plácidamente para volver a la noche siguiente a realizar el mismo ejercicio.
La Editorial Taurus Great Ideas se caracteriza por publicar títulos muy especiales relacionados a grandes autores. Son 25 libros aunque yo sólo poseo tres: "El gran inquisidor" de Fiódor Dostoievski, "Días de lectura" de Marcel Proust y este de Dickens. Aunque son difíciles de encontrar aún quiero comprar algunos más, especialmente uno que busco fervientemente: "Vindicación de los derechos de la mujer", de Mary Wollstonecraft, madre de Mary Shelley.
Ya lo encontraré...
Respecto a este interesante librito de Dickens, que en realidad son extractos de sus escritos "Un viajante, y no de comercio" y "Palabras de Hogar", el gran novelista inglés mata su insomnio sumergiéndose en los suburbios londinense, mezclándose con la gente más pobre de Inglaterra y a medias entre las entrevistas de cierto estilo periodístico con la narración de las vivencias, sufrimientos y penas que le cuentan, va relatando todo sobre la dura vida de los indigentes londinenses.
Los tres capítulos que más me impactaron son "Paseos nocturnos" y "El asilo de Wapping". Leer lo que la gente le cuenta al escritor o cuando ve las condiciones en la que los niños pobres están muriendo de hambre le estrujan a uno el corazón. Otro capítulo interesante es "Perdido" cuando Dickens cuenta la oportunidad en la que se perdió en los barrios bajos de Londres a la edad de ocho o nueve años y relata lo que va descubriendo en su andar por las calles tan desconocidas para él.
"Sobre el final de uno de los capítulos Dickens nos dice: "Quien quiera rehacer mis pasos no tiene más que invertir mi camino." En esa frase resume perfecta lo que ve durante sus noches de insomnio.
La Editorial Taurus Great Ideas se caracteriza por publicar títulos muy especiales relacionados a grandes autores. Son 25 libros aunque yo sólo poseo tres: "El gran inquisidor" de Fiódor Dostoievski, "Días de lectura" de Marcel Proust y este de Dickens. Aunque son difíciles de encontrar aún quiero comprar algunos más, especialmente uno que busco fervientemente: "Vindicación de los derechos de la mujer", de Mary Wollstonecraft, madre de Mary Shelley.
Ya lo encontraré...
Respecto a este interesante librito de Dickens, que en realidad son extractos de sus escritos "Un viajante, y no de comercio" y "Palabras de Hogar", el gran novelista inglés mata su insomnio sumergiéndose en los suburbios londinense, mezclándose con la gente más pobre de Inglaterra y a medias entre las entrevistas de cierto estilo periodístico con la narración de las vivencias, sufrimientos y penas que le cuentan, va relatando todo sobre la dura vida de los indigentes londinenses.
Los tres capítulos que más me impactaron son "Paseos nocturnos" y "El asilo de Wapping". Leer lo que la gente le cuenta al escritor o cuando ve las condiciones en la que los niños pobres están muriendo de hambre le estrujan a uno el corazón. Otro capítulo interesante es "Perdido" cuando Dickens cuenta la oportunidad en la que se perdió en los barrios bajos de Londres a la edad de ocho o nueve años y relata lo que va descubriendo en su andar por las calles tan desconocidas para él.
"Sobre el final de uno de los capítulos Dickens nos dice: "Quien quiera rehacer mis pasos no tiene más que invertir mi camino." En esa frase resume perfecta lo que ve durante sus noches de insomnio.
September 22, 2022
Review for just the title piece ‘Night Walks’
This piece follows on from Lying Awake when Dickens was unable to sleep he decided to walk around London all night. He encounters homeless people, walks past jails and hospitals and markets. Beautiful writing and thoughtful.
‘But the river had an awful look, the buildings on the banks were muffled in black shrouds, and the reflected lights seemed to originate deep in the water, as if the spectres of suicides were holding them to show where they went down. The wild moon and clouds were as restless as an evil conscience in a tumbled bed, and the very shadow of the immensity of London seemed to lie oppressively upon the river.’
This piece follows on from Lying Awake when Dickens was unable to sleep he decided to walk around London all night. He encounters homeless people, walks past jails and hospitals and markets. Beautiful writing and thoughtful.
‘But the river had an awful look, the buildings on the banks were muffled in black shrouds, and the reflected lights seemed to originate deep in the water, as if the spectres of suicides were holding them to show where they went down. The wild moon and clouds were as restless as an evil conscience in a tumbled bed, and the very shadow of the immensity of London seemed to lie oppressively upon the river.’
November 2, 2023
در کل خوب بود و توصیفات فضا واقعا دقیق و جالب بود.
میتونید به راحتی فضایی که داره توصیف میکنه و حال و هواش رو متصور بشید و درک کنید.
بخش تجارت مرگ رو بیشتر دوست داشم.
میتونید به راحتی فضایی که داره توصیف میکنه و حال و هواش رو متصور بشید و درک کنید.
بخش تجارت مرگ رو بیشتر دوست داشم.
August 15, 2019
Remzi Kitabevi'nde Penguin Books'un Great Ideas Serisi kitapları arasında görüp almıştım Night Walks'u. İtiraf etmem gerekirse kitabın birden fazla essay içerdiğini bilmiyordum, okumaya başladığımda anladım. Bu sebeple okumak isteyen olursa, belirtmem lazım ki kitap Dickens'ın sekiz essayinden oluşmakta. Bunların genelinde Dickens'ın romanlarında da sık sık yer verdiği, dönemin İngilteresinin geliri oldukça düşük olan ve zor şartlar altında yaşamaya çalışan kişilerin hayatlarının aktarıldığını söylemek mümkün. Essaylerden kimisi adeta kısa öyküler tadında olmuş, ben de en çok bunları sevdim diyebilirim. En tat aldılarım, "Night Walks", "Gone Astray", "Wapping Workhouse" ve "A Small Star in the East" idi.
Kitap "Gece Yürüyüşü" ismiyle Kafka Kitap tarafından yayımlanmış, bunu da belirteyim.
Kitap "Gece Yürüyüşü" ismiyle Kafka Kitap tarafından yayımlanmış, bunu da belirteyim.
March 28, 2016
Dickensian brilliance as always - I really enjoyed reading some of his non-fiction for a change, and discovering some of Dickens's views and observations on Victorian London.
July 3, 2020
Dickens bu kitaptaki denemeleri gece uyku tutmadığında, dışarı çıkıp aylaklık ederken yaşadıklarından yazmış. Denk geldi ki ben de bu kitaptaki denemeleri gece uyku tutmadığında okudum hep.
Denemelerinde de yine romanlarından alışkın olduğumuz o mistik, karamsar, gotik-viktoryen atmosferle düşkünlerevi, ölüm, hastalıklar, dolandırıcılar gibi başlıca konuları işliyor: Londra’nın kirli içyüzü gibi. Sadece çevirinin yeterliliğinden pek emin değilim.
Denemelerinde de yine romanlarından alışkın olduğumuz o mistik, karamsar, gotik-viktoryen atmosferle düşkünlerevi, ölüm, hastalıklar, dolandırıcılar gibi başlıca konuları işliyor: Londra’nın kirli içyüzü gibi. Sadece çevirinin yeterliliğinden pek emin değilim.
December 14, 2019
بهشخصه عاشق کتابهایی هستم که حرفهایی درباره جریان و حیات جامعه، در بازه تاریخی خاصی، زدهاند.
و چه کسی بهتر از دیکنز که با داستان هایی که از گشت و گذار شبانه خود در لندن جمعآوری کرده، حقایق ناب و دست اولی از لندنِ پس از انقلاب صنعتی به دست خواننده رسانده است.
نوع و جنس توصیفات دقیق و بهجا نمایانگر توجه و دغدغه دیکنز است، در بررسی شکاف های طبقاتی و تعامل فقیر و غنی در جامعهای که آن روزها در آسمان تحسین های ناشی از انقلاب صنعتی پرواز میکرد.
کتاب به مذاق من خوش آمد اما ترجمه مترجم محترم خانم مرضیه خسروی ابدا چنگی بهدلم نزد.
امیدوارم فرصت مطالعه این کتاب با ترجمه مترجمان دیگر هم در اختیار خواننده قرار بگیرد.
و چه کسی بهتر از دیکنز که با داستان هایی که از گشت و گذار شبانه خود در لندن جمعآوری کرده، حقایق ناب و دست اولی از لندنِ پس از انقلاب صنعتی به دست خواننده رسانده است.
نوع و جنس توصیفات دقیق و بهجا نمایانگر توجه و دغدغه دیکنز است، در بررسی شکاف های طبقاتی و تعامل فقیر و غنی در جامعهای که آن روزها در آسمان تحسین های ناشی از انقلاب صنعتی پرواز میکرد.
کتاب به مذاق من خوش آمد اما ترجمه مترجم محترم خانم مرضیه خسروی ابدا چنگی بهدلم نزد.
امیدوارم فرصت مطالعه این کتاب با ترجمه مترجمان دیگر هم در اختیار خواننده قرار بگیرد.
December 7, 2022
This is not a book about walking
December 22, 2019
این کتاب رو فراستی در کتاب باز معرفی کرد.
کتاب ماجرای پیاده روی ها و شبگردیهای چارلز دیکنز و گزارش ادیبانه و عمیقش از بی خانمانان و قشر فرودست و نواخانه های شهر لندنه.
-با وجود انتقادات زیادی که از ترجمه های مرضیه خسروی هست من ترجمه هاش و مخصوصا گزینش کتابهاش برای ترجمه رو بسیار میپسندم.
کتاب ماجرای پیاده روی ها و شبگردیهای چارلز دیکنز و گزارش ادیبانه و عمیقش از بی خانمانان و قشر فرودست و نواخانه های شهر لندنه.
-با وجود انتقادات زیادی که از ترجمه های مرضیه خسروی هست من ترجمه هاش و مخصوصا گزینش کتابهاش برای ترجمه رو بسیار میپسندم.
August 5, 2024
Πόσο πολύ χαίρομαι που είχα την ωριμότητα να μη διαβάσω τους κλασικούς μικρή, για να τους καταλάβω όταν θα είμαι ώριμότερη.
Καταπληκτικες ιστορίες
Απίθανες περιγραφές
Λατρεμένο Λονδίνο
Συγκλονιστικος Ντίκενς που δικαίως θεωρείται ο μεγάλος αφηγητής της αγγλικής ζωής και κοινωνίας.
Υγ. Όταν διαβάζω Ντίκενς νομίζω ότι είμαι κι εγώ ΜΕΣΑ στη κάθε σκηνη: οι περιγραφές του έχουν για μένα 4 διαστάσεις
Καταπληκτικες ιστορίες
Απίθανες περιγραφές
Λατρεμένο Λονδίνο
Συγκλονιστικος Ντίκενς που δικαίως θεωρείται ο μεγάλος αφηγητής της αγγλικής ζωής και κοινωνίας.
Υγ. Όταν διαβάζω Ντίκενς νομίζω ότι είμαι κι εγώ ΜΕΣΑ στη κάθε σκηνη: οι περιγραφές του έχουν για μένα 4 διαστάσεις
November 30, 2018
Dickens som sömnlös, nattlig Londonflanör. Om Virginia Woolf beskriver psykologiska processer i Street Haunting har vi här urbansociologi värdigt en Hogarthtavla.
Desperationen är påtaglig i formuleringar som "My principal object being to get through the night." Framåt morgonen ser han ändå fram emot att ta en kaffe med toast i Covent Garden - viktorianska varianten av detta kvarter, mind you.
Dröjer mig kvar vid meningen "Are not the sane and insane equal at night as the sane lie a dreaming?" och lämnar denna lilla bok med en förnyad bild av Dickens.
Desperationen är påtaglig i formuleringar som "My principal object being to get through the night." Framåt morgonen ser han ändå fram emot att ta en kaffe med toast i Covent Garden - viktorianska varianten av detta kvarter, mind you.
Dröjer mig kvar vid meningen "Are not the sane and insane equal at night as the sane lie a dreaming?" och lämnar denna lilla bok med en förnyad bild av Dickens.
October 23, 2018
A surprisingly excellent little collection of Dickens thoughts and observations on Victorian society. Displaying all the finesse and sharp observation of character he is known for in his fiction works, this truly shows Victorian London through his eyes and how the populace suffered in the burgeoning city.
I highly recommend this if you are new to Dickens and want to have a taste of his style, whilst nonfiction it retains a strong narrative plot throughout.
I highly recommend this if you are new to Dickens and want to have a taste of his style, whilst nonfiction it retains a strong narrative plot throughout.
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February 14, 2024I'm not sure how to rate this book. I really liked the concept of the rotten human and dreams vs insanity. Far too short, though
August 21, 2020
if you like to know how it feels to walk on the London streets at night
you should read this book.
May 23, 2017
I must say that it is immensely unfortunate that I am only coming to become acquainted with Charles Dickens at this current time and after having read over 90 books throughout my lifetime. The sheer joy that accompanies reading anything by the pen of Dickens is one that must not be missed by a single soul with complete disregard to their affiliation to an age group. It is my firm belief, even if done at the best of my ability, that critiquing this book, in no matter how positive a light, will do it absolutely no amount of justice.
Following with my common habit of assigning to each of my favorite authors an adjective, defining, in a sense, the emotion or sensation that arises deep in my breast upon reading his or her work, I cannot find a better description to ascribe Dickens with but by announcing that his work is 'delicious', and if I were to be as vivid as is possible with describing my prevalent feeling I experienced while reading this book, it would be that I felt I was softly sinking, or rather drowning, in a sea of letters, encompassing me with an overwhelming feeling of jubilation and euphoria.
And my, in what better way can man rekindle his love for writing, reading and English than by reading the words of Dickens. I can only but hope that his novels could in some way, if even slightly, resemble these beautifully written articles. Each word, in my most humble but assertive opinion, was a stroke, which upon putting them all together reveals this brilliant and elegant masterpiece. The author of these articles, is a man, who anyone upon reading his work, would agree is one everyone wishes was in actuality acquainted with. His political and social opinions, and especially his affinity for children and his deep genuine empathy, displayed in these articles in the most pleasing of ways, for their cause and suffering, led me to ponder, as if I were a young child, that I walked alongside this magnificent character.
Following with my common habit of assigning to each of my favorite authors an adjective, defining, in a sense, the emotion or sensation that arises deep in my breast upon reading his or her work, I cannot find a better description to ascribe Dickens with but by announcing that his work is 'delicious', and if I were to be as vivid as is possible with describing my prevalent feeling I experienced while reading this book, it would be that I felt I was softly sinking, or rather drowning, in a sea of letters, encompassing me with an overwhelming feeling of jubilation and euphoria.
And my, in what better way can man rekindle his love for writing, reading and English than by reading the words of Dickens. I can only but hope that his novels could in some way, if even slightly, resemble these beautifully written articles. Each word, in my most humble but assertive opinion, was a stroke, which upon putting them all together reveals this brilliant and elegant masterpiece. The author of these articles, is a man, who anyone upon reading his work, would agree is one everyone wishes was in actuality acquainted with. His political and social opinions, and especially his affinity for children and his deep genuine empathy, displayed in these articles in the most pleasing of ways, for their cause and suffering, led me to ponder, as if I were a young child, that I walked alongside this magnificent character.
September 8, 2015
Night Walks is a collection of Dickens' essays. He's a great essayist, I hadn't had any idea until I stumbled upon this thin volume in a book shop. Dickens was a great walker, walking back & forth across London and astutely observing the city around him. These essays are all about things that Dickens saw or investigated while roaming the streets of London & its suburbs. Night Walks, the titular essay, was my favourite.
September 30, 2018
Short stories describing labors' life in London in the half of the 19th century. True realism given via vivid descriptions while Charles was strolling around the city, combined with some socioeconomic comments of how life "ought to be" instead.
January 24, 2020
Difficile d’arriver au bout de ce livre pourtant relativement court. Beaucoup de mal avec le vocabulaire, ton employé. La structure des phrases est complexe, et lourde, le tout ne donnant pas envie de s’y remettre le we ou après une journée de travail ! Les thèmes abordés ont eu très peu de résonance en moi, bien que j’aime bcp les nouvelles avec un style très descriptif... j’ai toute fois aimé la première.
Dickens est sans aucun doute un très grand auteur, mais les nouvelles ne sont peut être pas son plus grand talent. A relire peut être a un autre moment à tête plus reposée ?
Dickens est sans aucun doute un très grand auteur, mais les nouvelles ne sont peut être pas son plus grand talent. A relire peut être a un autre moment à tête plus reposée ?
January 23, 2024
I’ve never properly read any of Dickens’ work before so I’m not very familiar with his style of writing but I found some passages harder to follow than others & I found some chapters more interesting than others. The chapters I particularly enjoyed were:
Wapping Workhouse
A Small Star in the East
On an Amateur Beat
Trading in Death
From these chapters I especially liked his account of the workhouse, his visits to the families & his visit to the children’s hospital.
Overall, this is a good short non-fiction that gives a little glimpse into London at the time & Dickens’ views of various topics. If, like me, you’re interested in the period or studied history, you can find more detailed books out there but I think, it’s Dickens’ reflections that makes this book worth reading
August 17, 2017
Essays charting Dickens's experiences walking through the city of London - recording characters, observing industry, noting hypocrisies and humorous scenes as he passes through. Dickens is at his best when he records and recreates the scenes of the Victorian street. These essays are touching and engaging, without the presence of that melodrama that can exhaust the reader of his fiction.
December 31, 2023
We went on a guided walk in London dedicated to Charles Dickens, and the guide talked at length about how he gathered much of his material because of his insomnia. Dickens would walk as much as 6 miles a night! I was delighted to see this little book in a bookshop the very next day. Well worth the read. Talks a little bit about everything: from the shipyard, to a workhouse, to the first London children's hospital, to getting lost as a child, etc.
October 3, 2017
This was an enjoyable read. I liked the way Dickens described the different parts of London that he visited. It made me want to wander around the city as well.
August 3, 2018
Com muita pena minha tenho de dar 1estrela a um Charles Dickens :( meses de sofrimento a arrastar este livro.. Terrível..
March 5, 2020
5 stars to the first short story and about 2 to all the others which had nothing to do with Nightwalks at all...
March 10, 2022
2.5/5
March 31, 2025
some interesting musings on london, and the lives of the poor (a topic i’ve been randomly learning a lot about at work since doing an exhibition on legal aid lol) so that was interesting. but i struggle to stay focused reading these kind of victorian prose tbh. 2.5 stars.
December 11, 2018
It's eye-opening to read Dickens' short pieces, and remember that before he became a part of foundational literature, he wrote odd pieces to help him process his insomnia and pay the bills. I especially loved the last piece, a satirical look at funeral practices that have turned someone's death into a show that you can literally sell tickets for. I'm a big fan of Dickens, and highly recommend this if you're interested in seeing his earlier writing about poverty and injustice that became a defining characteristic of his novels.
February 22, 2024
3.5 ⭐️
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