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Twice Round the Clock; or, The Hours of the Day and Night in London
George Augustus Henry Sala (1828-1895) was an English journalist and author.
At an early date he tried his hand at writing, and in 1851 attracted the attention of Charles Dickens, who published articles and stories by him in Household Words and subsequently in All the Year Round, and in 1856 sent him to Russia as a special correspondent.
He became in 1857 a contributor to the Daily Telegraph, and it was in this capacity that he did his most characteristic work, whether as a foreign correspondent in all parts of the world, or as a writer of leaders or special articles.
In 1860, he was given the editorship of Temple Bar, and over his own initials G. A.S., he began writing Echoes of the Week for the Illustrated London News.
His works include: Twice Round the Clock; or, The Hours of the Day and Night in London (1859), The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous (1863), My Diary in America in the Midst of War (1865), Under the Sun: Essays Mainly Written in Hot Countries (1872), America Revisited (1882) and Echoes of the Year Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-Three (1884).
At an early date he tried his hand at writing, and in 1851 attracted the attention of Charles Dickens, who published articles and stories by him in Household Words and subsequently in All the Year Round, and in 1856 sent him to Russia as a special correspondent.
He became in 1857 a contributor to the Daily Telegraph, and it was in this capacity that he did his most characteristic work, whether as a foreign correspondent in all parts of the world, or as a writer of leaders or special articles.
In 1860, he was given the editorship of Temple Bar, and over his own initials G. A.S., he began writing Echoes of the Week for the Illustrated London News.
His works include: Twice Round the Clock; or, The Hours of the Day and Night in London (1859), The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous (1863), My Diary in America in the Midst of War (1865), Under the Sun: Essays Mainly Written in Hot Countries (1872), America Revisited (1882) and Echoes of the Year Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-Three (1884).
392 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1859
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October 14, 2018
Sala has a wonderfully entertaining writing style, and the book's format (a tour of a different part of 19thc London at each hour of the day and night) is fascinating. I don't know why more people haven't heard of/read this book.
May 25, 2016
Salsa does like to show off his flowery language and his extensive vocabulary but he does give a fantastic detailed insight into the day to day life of Victorians.
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