Title London through Russian Eyes, 1896-1914 : an anthology of foreign correspondence / edited by Anna Vaninskaya ; translated by Anna Vaninskaya and Maria Artamonova

Published Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Series London Record Society publications ; volume LVII Publications (London Record Society) ; v. 57. Contents Front cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Note on the Text -- Note on Monetary Values -- Maps and Plates -- Introduction -- I Foreigners in London -- Korney Chukovsky, 'On Foreigners' -- Korney Chukovsky, 'The British Museum' -- Korney Chukovsky, [Anti-Alien Sentiment] -- Korney Chukovsky, 'The Union of Peoples' -- Korney Chukovsky, 'Whitechapel' -- Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], 'In the Russian Quarter' -- II London Labour and the London Poor -- Korney Chukovsky, 'Beggars in London' -- Korney Chukovsky, 'Sandwich Men' Korney Chukovsky, 'The College Anniversary' -- Korney Chukovsky, 'The College Anniversary (Continued)' -- Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], from 'Whitechapel' -- Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], from 'The Working Quarter' -- Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], from 'Future MPs': II. 'Richard Kelly' -- III London at Home and at Leisure -- Semyon Rapoport, Summary of 'English Workmen at Leisure: A Sketch of Working-Class Amusements in London' -- Semyon Rapoport, Summary of 'The Story of One Street: The Domestic Life of the Poorest Stratum of the London Population' -- Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], from 'Frankie' Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], 'Father Christmas' -- Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], from 'Future MPs': I. 'Mr Muir' -- Samuil Marshak, 'Under the Railway Bridge' -- Samuil Marshak, 'At the Children's Exhibition' -- IV London Streets and Public Life -- Korney Chukovsky, 'The Dog Trial' -- Korney Chukovsky, 'Barrack-Room Philanthropy' -- Korney Chukovsky, 'Spiritualism in England' -- Korney Chukovsky, 'Public Meetings in Hyde Park' -- Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], from 'Sects' -- Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], from 'Imperialism' -- Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], from 'An Election' Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], from 'Queen Victoria' -- Isaak Shklovsky [Dioneo], from 'The Beck Case' -- Bibliography -- Index -- London Record Society Summary Translated anthology of 'London Letters' written by Russian foreign correspondents which makes available for the first time in English the Russian perspective on early twentieth-century London life Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 321-342) and index Notes Print version record Subject Foreign correspondents -- England -- London -- Correspondence Foreign correspondents Manners and customs SUBJECT London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources Subject England -- London Genre/Form Personal correspondence Sources Form Electronic book Author Vaninskaya, Anna, 1980- editor, translator. Artamonova, Maria, 1978- translator. London Record Society, issuing body. ISBN 9781800108820 1800108826

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