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The Uncommercial Traveller

The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called All the Year Round and the Uncommercial Traveller articles would be among his main contributions. He seems to have chosen the title and persona of the Uncommercial Traveller as a result of a speech he gave on the 22 December 1859 to the Commercial Travellers' School London in his role as honorary chairman and treasurer. The persona sits well with a writer who liked to travel, not only as a tourist, but also to research and report what he found; visiting Europe, America and giving book readings throughout Britain. He does not seem content to rest late in his career when he had attained wealth and comfort and continued travelling locally, walking the streets of London in the mould of the flâneur, a 'gentleman stroller of city streets'. He often suffered from insomnia and his night-time wanderings gave him an insight into some of the hidden aspects of Victorian London, details of which he also incorporated into his novels. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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01 - CHAPTER I - HIS GENERAL LINE OF BUSINESS (Jonathan Henry)
02 - CHAPTER II -THE SHIPWRECK (Bill Mosley)
03 - CHAPTER III - WAPPING WORKHOUSE (Patrick Wallace)
04 - CHAPTER IV - TWO VIEWS OF A CHEAP THEATRE (Mike Pelton)
05 - CHAPTER V - POOR MERCANTILE JACK (William Tomcho)
06 - CHAPTER VI - REFRESHMENTS FOR TRAVELLERS (Rick Saffery)
07 - CHAPTER VII - TRAVELLING ABROAD (William Tomcho)
08 - CHAPTER VIII - THE GREAT TASMANIA’S CARGO (William Tomcho)
09 - CHAPTER IX - CITY OF LONDON CHURCHES (William Tomcho)
10 - CHAPTER X - SHY NEIGHBOURHOODS (John Leonard)
11 - CHAPTER XI - TRAMPS (Bill Mosley)
12 - CHAPTER XII - DULLBOROUGH TOWN (Nicole Lee)
13 - CHAPTER XIII - NIGHT WALKS (Jeanie)
14 - CHAPTER XIV - CHAMBERS (Adam Doughty)
15 - CHAPTER XV - NURSE’S STORIES (Mike Pelton)
16 - CHAPTER XVI - ARCADIAN LONDON (John Trevithick)
17 - CHAPTER XVII - THE ITALIAN PRISONER (John Trevithick)
18 - CHAPTER XVIII - THE CALAIS NIGHT MAIL (Lara Martin)
19 - CHAPTER XIX - SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF MORTALITY (Anna Simon)
20 - CHAPTER XX - BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS (Rick Saffery)
21 - CHAPTER XXI - THE SHORT-TIMERS (Rick Saffery)
22 - CHAPTER XXII - BOUND FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE (Bill Mosley)
23 - CHAPTER XXIII - THE CITY OF THE ABSENT (Rick Saffery)
24 - CHAPTER XXIV - AN OLD STAGE-COACHING HOUSE (Richard Carpenter)
25 - CHAPTER XXV - THE BOILED BEEF OF NEW ENGLAND (Kalynda)
26 - CHAPTER XXVI - CHATHAM DOCKYARD (Paul Stephens)
27 - CHAPTER XXVII - IN THE FRENCH-FLEMISH COUNTRY (Adam Doughty)
28 - CHAPTER XXVIII - MEDICINE MEN OF CIVILISATION (Pamela Krantz)
29 - CHAPTER XXIX - TITBULL’S ALMS-HOUSES (Paul Stephens)
30 - CHAPTER XXX - THE RUFFIAN (Rick Saffery)
31 - CHAPTER XXXI - ABOARD SHIP (Pamela Krantz)
32 - CHAPTER XXXII - A SMALL STAR IN THE EAST (Deborah Brabyn)
33 - CHAPTER XXXIII - A LITTLE DINNER IN AN HOUR (Snapdragon)
34 - CHAPTER XXXIV - MR. BARLOW (Snapdragon)
35 - CHAPTER XXXV - ON AN AMATEUR BEAT (Bill Mosley)
36 - CHAPTER XXXVI - A FLY-LEAF IN A LIFE (Snapdragon)
37 - CHAPTER XXXVII - A PLEA FOR TOTAL ABSTINENCE (Snapdragon)
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