Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London

A captivating history of the city at night and the people, writers and workers who inhabit the London darkness In this brilliant work of literary investigation, Matthew Beaumont shines a light on the shadowy perambulations of poets, novelists and thinkers: the fetid, treacherous streets known to Chaucer and Shakespeare; William Blake and his ecstatic peregrinations; the feverish ramblings of opium addict Thomas De Quincey; and, among the lamp-lit literary throng, the supreme nightwalker Charles Dickens. We discover how the nocturnal city has inspired some and served as a balm or narcotic to others. In each case, the city is revealed as a place divided between work and pleasure, the affluent and the indigent, where the entitled and the desperate rub shoulders.

• | Author: Matthew Beaumont
• | Publisher: Verso Books
• | Publication Date: Jul 22, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781804298480
• | ISBN-10: 1804298484