
Victorian essays and sketches observing London life, poverty, travel, and institutions, with supernatural tales in the haunted house section.
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Victorian essays and sketches observing London life, poverty, travel, and institutions, with supernatural tales in the haunted house section.
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 w...
will contain mild spoilers
No romantic or sexual content present
Mild references to urban hardship and illness
No profanity or strong language
Occasional social drinking mentioned in passing
No LGBTQ+ representation
Moral reflections with occasional religious undertones
Ghostly apparitions in the haunted house stories
Supernatural hauntings and ghostly encounters
Social commentary on poverty, workhouses, and institutions
No self-harm or suicide depicted
Depictions of poverty, illness, and institutional hardship
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