James Mcconnachie

Dickens’s dark side: walking at night helped ease his conscience at killing off characters

A review of Nightwalking by Matthew Beaumont examines how London at night provided inspiration for some of our greatest classics

William Hogarth’s ‘Night’, in his series ‘Four Times of the Day’ (1736), provides a glimpse of the anarchy and squalor of London’s nocturnal streets. Copyright: www.bridgemanimages.com
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  • Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London

    Matthew Beaumont

    Verso, pp. 496

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