{"product_id":"london-through-russian-eyes-18961914-9780900952029","title":"London Through Russian Eyes 18961914","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated anthology of 'London Letters' written by Russian foreign correspondents which makes available for the first time in English the Russian perspective on early twentieth-century London life.This anthology provides a unique window onto Britain's capital city as it existed more than a century ago in the minds of the Russian reading public. Russian foreign correspondents produced a substantial body of writing documenting London life in all its infinite variety, but their articles, published in Russian journals and newspapers, have not been accessible to English speakers until today. These articles, instrumental in forging Russian perceptions of London before the First World War, have now acquired a new interest as monuments of a vanished era and as records of the city's history in their own right.The selections in this anthology from Isaak Shklovsky, Korney Chukovsky, Samuil Marshak and Semyon Rapoport give just a taste of the riches that still lie hidden in the pages of old perio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe selections are excellent and the translations so smooth that one rarely remembers that these are indeed translations. And the editor's footnotes fully justify their positioning at the foot of the relevant page, rather than corralled as endnotes. Even the production of the book itself (by Boydell and Brewer for the London Record Society) is first class. Full marks to all concerned. * EAST-WEST REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003eAnna Vaninskaya's London through Russian Eyes is a valuable anthology of early twentieth-century Russian foreign correspondence that documented a broad range of London life for the curious Russian reader. Until this anthology, no one had translated this wealth of material into English. * LABOUR HISTORY REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on the Text Note on Monetary Values List of Abbreviations  Introduction   I.                      Foreigners in London    Korney   Chukovsky, 'On Foreigners'                                 Korney   Chukovsky, 'The British Museum' Korney   Chukovsky, [Anti-Alien Sentiment] Korney   Chukovsky, 'The Union of Peoples' Korney   Chukovsky, 'Whitechapel' Isaak   Shklovsky, 'In the Russian Quarter'    II.                   London Labour and the London Poor   Korney   Chukovsky, 'Beggars in London'                         Korney   Chukovsky, 'Sandwich Men'  Korney   Chukovsky, 'The College Anniversary'  Korney   Chukovsky, 'The College Anniversary (Continued)' Isaak   Shklovsky, from 'Whitechapel' Isaak   Shklovsky, from 'The Working Quarter'  Isaak   Shklovsky, from 'Richard Kelly'    III.                London at Home and at Leisure   Semyon Rapoport, Summary of 'English   Workmen at Leisure: A Sketch of Working-class Amusements in London' Semyon Rapoport, Summary of 'The   Story of One Street: The Domestic Life of the Poorest Stratum of the London   Population'  Isaak   Shklovsky, from 'Frankie'                                         Isaak   Shklovsky, from 'Father Christmas' Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Mr Muir'                                              Samuil   Marshak, 'At the Children's Exhibition'  Samuil   Marshak, 'Under the Railway Bridge'   IV.                London Streets and Public Life   Korney   Chukovsky, 'The Dog Trial'                                  Korney   Chukovsky, 'Barrack-room Philanthropy' Korney   Chukovsky, 'Spiritualism in England' Korney   Chukovsky, 'Public Meetings in Hyde Park' Isaak   Shklovsky, from 'Sects' Isaak   Shklovsky, from 'Imperialism'  Isaak   Shklovsky, from 'An Election' Isaak   Shklovsky, from 'Queen Victoria' Isaak   Shklovsky, from 'The Beck Case'   Bibliography   Index","brand":"London Record Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406497489239,"sku":"9780900952029","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780900952029.jpg?v=1730496043","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/london-through-russian-eyes-18961914-9780900952029","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}