Wonderful London


Read by Peter Yearsley

(4.5 stars; 2 reviews)

"Wonderful London, its lights and shadows of humour and sadness". (That's the full title of the book.) A collection of short essays, studded with conversation, on aspects of Victorian London life, seen through the eyes of a middle-class narrator.

NOTES:
1 A "ticket of leave" is a document of parole issued to convicts who can be trusted with a degree of freedom.
2 In Chapter three, a "cornopean" is a reed organ.
3 In Chapter twenty, "negus" is a drink made from port mixed with hot water, citrus fruit, spices and sugar.

(Summary by Peter Yearsley) (14 hr 13 min)

Chapters

The Ghosts of the London Midnight 25:21 Read by Peter Yearsley
The Ugliest Street in London 28:00 Read by Peter Yearsley
Some Curious Performers 28:40 Read by Peter Yearsley
At a Little Dinner in Tatter-Street 29:12 Read by Peter Yearsley
Saturday Night at The Cat 28:18 Read by Peter Yearsley
Girl Labour in London 30:49 Read by Peter Yearsley
The Stable Side of Mayfair 27:48 Read by Peter Yearsley
Opposite a Cabstand 21:16 Read by Peter Yearsley
A Stroll in Baldwin's Gardens 18:01 Read by Peter Yearsley
London Society in a 'Flat' 21:48 Read by Peter Yearsley
The Foreign Settlement in Soho 49:32 Read by Peter Yearsley
Rooked in the City 18:07 Read by Peter Yearsley
All over London 17:39 Read by Peter Yearsley
Outsiders of society, and their homes in London 44:42 Read by Peter Yearsley
The London 'Rough' 12:02 Read by Peter Yearsley
Lodgers in the Suburbs 13:44 Read by Peter Yearsley
The Londoner's Spring 25:50 Read by Peter Yearsley
London Life and Country Life 44:34 Read by Peter Yearsley
The Last Man in Town 13:56 Read by Peter Yearsley
Picturesque London 20:20 Read by Peter Yearsley
Sketches from an Office Window 22:24 Read by Peter Yearsley
Half an Hour in a Servants' Registry Office 45:38 Read by Peter Yearsley
A shady industry 12:18 Read by Peter Yearsley
The vampire bride 16:54 Read by Peter Yearsley
Jack's delight 14:33 Read by Peter Yearsley
A police-court Morning Performance 12:45 Read by Peter Yearsley
Cockney Cave-dwellers 12:44 Read by Peter Yearsley
Madman's Paradise 13:21 Read by Peter Yearsley
Gaol-birds at Large 13:44 Read by Peter Yearsley
St. Valentine's Shabby Suit 13:53 Read by Peter Yearsley
A Young Vagabond's Vacation 11:59 Read by Peter Yearsley
A Beggar's Confession 13:21 Read by Peter Yearsley
Birds of a Feather 13:37 Read by Peter Yearsley
'Home-wreckers' 22:29 Read by Peter Yearsley
A Night With Thieves 13:29 Read by Peter Yearsley
The Sunday Rag-fair in the City 14:56 Read by Peter Yearsley
Our Poor Old Horses 14:01 Read by Peter Yearsley
Retired Tradesmen 13:03 Read by Peter Yearsley
The End of "Jack Ketch's Warren" 14:21 Read by Peter Yearsley
A White-glove Day 7:24 Read by Peter Yearsley
Ladies in the Temple 17:15 Read by Peter Yearsley

Reviews


(5 stars)

love everything about this book .The reader brought it to life beautifully . Chapter 36 is my favourite