| Description |
1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Series |
London Record Society ; 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' |
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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' |
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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' |
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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 |
| Subject |
Foreign correspondents -- England -- London -- Correspondence
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Foreign correspondents
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Manners and customs
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| SUBJECT |
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources
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London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources
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| Subject |
England -- London
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Artamonova, Maria
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| ISBN |
9781800108820 |
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1800108826 |
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