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Memories of London

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.