Memories Of London

First-ever translation into English, Memories of London includes an Excursion around the Slums of London by Louis Laurent Simonin. As a first-time visitor to London, De Amicis was awestruck by the bustle and magnificence of the Victorian metropolis and wrote a number of sketches in his trademark witty, observational style, which made him one of the best-selling travel writers of his age. Originally conceived as a series of newspaper articles and later published in volume form, De Amicis s Memories of London brings back to life all the bygone charm of the capital of the British Empire. De Amicis s impressions are paired here with a piece written by one of his contemporaries, the French writer Louis Laurent Simonin, which leaves the city s opulence and grandeur behind and offers an uncompromising look at the poverty and squalor of its most deprived areas.

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