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The Uncommercial Traveller

by Charles Dickens

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.

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English

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English

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1860

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Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on 7 February 18...

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