Bibliograph

Sketches and travels in London, W.M. Thackeray

Type

Label

Sketches and travels in London, W.M. Thackeray

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sketches and travels in London

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

W.M. Thackeray

Summary

In this book of trenchant essays-framed as letters to a fictional nephew, "Bob"-Thackeray documents his variously amusing, annoying, and appalling experiences in Britain's capital city. He attends balls, dinners, children's parties, gentlemen's clubs, the opera, and even a public hanging, and has a wicked observation to make about each

Target audience

adult

Classification