Nights in London
Nights in London, first published in 1915, is Thomas Burke's tour of London after dark, written just before his Limehouse Nights made him famous. Each chapter takes a different district and mood: an evening round the music halls, a Chinese night in Limehouse, a domestic night on Clapham Common, a lonely night in the Kingsland Road, a musical night at the opera, an art night in Chelsea, a Russian night in the immigrant streets of Spitalfields and Stepney, a Scandinavian night at Shadwell, and a London Sunday. Burke, who grew up poor in the East End, writes with affection and an eye for the life of cafés, pubs, lodging houses and street corners in a city changed by war. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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Is Nights in London in the public domain?
Yes. Nights in London by Thomas Burke is a public-domain work. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
How long does it take to read Nights in London?
About 4 h 59 min of reading, at an average reading pace. Your place is saved automatically when you are signed in, so you can read in several sittings and on several devices.
What kind of book is Nights in London?
Nights in London by Thomas Burke is filed under "History" in the Vinteuil library.
