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The Uncommercial Traveller

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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) (15 hr 36 min)

Chapters

01 - CHAPTER I - HIS GENERAL LINE OF BUSINESS

2:58

Read by Jonathan Henry

02 - CHAPTER II -THE SHIPWRECK

42:22

Read by Bill Mosley

03 - CHAPTER III - WAPPING WORKHOUSE

27:04

Read by Patrick Wallace

04 - CHAPTER IV - TWO VIEWS OF A CHEAP THEATRE

30:00

Read by Mike Pelton

05 - CHAPTER V - POOR MERCANTILE JACK

31:24

Read by William Tomcho

06 - CHAPTER VI - REFRESHMENTS FOR TRAVELLERS

26:57

Read by Rick Saffery

07 - CHAPTER VII - TRAVELLING ABROAD

30:14

Read by William Tomcho

08 - CHAPTER VIII - THE GREAT TASMANIA’S CARGO

23:27

Read by William Tomcho

09 - CHAPTER IX - CITY OF LONDON CHURCHES

28:12

Read by William Tomcho

10 - CHAPTER X - SHY NEIGHBOURHOODS

22:26

Read by John Leonard

11 - CHAPTER XI - TRAMPS

40:50

Read by Bill Mosley

12 - CHAPTER XII - DULLBOROUGH TOWN

27:55

Read by Nicole Lee

13 - CHAPTER XIII - NIGHT WALKS

28:15

Read by Jeanie

14 - CHAPTER XIV - CHAMBERS

30:36

Read by Adam Doughty

15 - CHAPTER XV - NURSE’S STORIES

30:35

Read by Mike Pelton

16 - CHAPTER XVI - ARCADIAN LONDON

23:20

Read by John Trevithick

17 - CHAPTER XVII - THE ITALIAN PRISONER

25:46

Read by John Trevithick

18 - CHAPTER XVIII - THE CALAIS NIGHT MAIL

19:46

Read by Lara Martin

19 - CHAPTER XIX - SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF MORTALITY

24:14

Read by Anna Simon

20 - CHAPTER XX - BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

19:43

Read by Rick Saffery

21 - CHAPTER XXI - THE SHORT-TIMERS

32:26

Read by Rick Saffery

22 - CHAPTER XXII - BOUND FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE

39:34

Read by Bill Mosley

23 - CHAPTER XXIII - THE CITY OF THE ABSENT

23:39

Read by Rick Saffery

24 - CHAPTER XXIV - AN OLD STAGE-COACHING HOUSE

20:19

Read by Richard Carpenter

25 - CHAPTER XXV - THE BOILED BEEF OF NEW ENGLAND

20:14

Read by Kalynda

26 - CHAPTER XXVI - CHATHAM DOCKYARD

24:33

Read by Paul Stephens

27 - CHAPTER XXVII - IN THE FRENCH-FLEMISH COUNTRY

34:28

Read by Adam Doughty

28 - CHAPTER XXVIII - MEDICINE MEN OF CIVILISATION

24:05

Read by Pamela Krantz

29 - CHAPTER XXIX - TITBULL’S ALMS-HOUSES

26:57

Read by Paul Stephens

30 - CHAPTER XXX - THE RUFFIAN

22:26

Read by Rick Saffery

31 - CHAPTER XXXI - ABOARD SHIP

27:33

Read by Pamela Krantz

32 - CHAPTER XXXII - A SMALL STAR IN THE EAST

26:43

Read by Deborah Brabyn

33 - CHAPTER XXXIII - A LITTLE DINNER IN AN HOUR

16:17

Read by Snapdragon

34 - CHAPTER XXXIV - MR. BARLOW

15:08

Read by Snapdragon

35 - CHAPTER XXXV - ON AN AMATEUR BEAT

25:01

Read by Bill Mosley

36 - CHAPTER XXXVI - A FLY-LEAF IN A LIFE

10:44

Read by Snapdragon

37 - CHAPTER XXXVII - A PLEA FOR TOTAL ABSTINENCE

10:38

Read by Snapdragon

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This is a series of magazine articles, I assume, as they are short pieces and he specialized in that form. They purport to be his reminiscences on minor events he has seen while traveling, although their veracity is impossible to confirm. They tend toward his usual themes, poverty, the suffering of the hidden underclass, the way terrible things happen just out of sight in Victorian England.