The Wayward Genius of Henry Mayhew: Pioneering Reportage from Victorian London - Softcover

Mayhew, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184391378X ISBN 13: 9781843913788

Verlag: Hesperus Press Ltd, 2012

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A selection of inspiring reportage from pioneering London-based investigative journalist Henry Mayhew, a close friend and influential character in Charles Dickens' life and works.

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The 200th anniversary of Henry Mayhew's birth is overshadowed by that of his friend and collaborator Charles Dickens. But in fact Mayhew was a pioneering investigative journalist whose writings and descriptions may have inspired some of Dickens' characters. In some respects, Mayhew was his own worst enemy. He was disorganised - one of his books ended in mid-sentence - and cantankerous, and perhaps as a result his funeral was sparsely attended. But embedded in his fine reportage, which included long and moving interviews with Londoners, are passages descriptive of London, of people's appearances and of their shabby homes, which stand alongside Dickens' own writings for the quality and compassion of the prose.

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• Verlag: Hesperus Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 184391378X
• ISBN 13: 9781843913788
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 120
• Herausgeber: Sabbagh Karl