Nights in London

audiobook

Nights in London

by Thomas Burke

EN·~7 hours

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Description

The book is a love‑letter to the city after sundown, where gas lamps and neon flicker against rain‑slicked roofs and the Thames shimmers like liquid silver. Its author moves from the grand sweep of Cannon Street Station to the intimate glow of a Walworth lane, capturing the way light and shadow turn ordinary streets into fleeting works of art. With a poet’s ear for rhythm, the prose reads like a series of nocturnal sketches, each scene vivid enough to feel like a walk through foggy alleys.

Set in the years before the Great War, the collection preserves a London that could still linger in freedom and simple pleasure, a world soon to be altered by history. Readers will hear the bustling circus lights, the quiet hum of late‑night buses, and the soft chorus of distant church bells, all filtered through the author’s reverent eye. It invites anyone who has ever been drawn to the city’s nightscape to wander its pages and rediscover the hidden beauty of a metropolis that never truly sleeps.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~7 hours (422K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2007-11-24

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Thomas Burke

Thomas Burke

1886–1945

Best known for bringing London’s Limehouse district vividly to life, this British writer built a wide readership with atmospheric stories that mixed compassion, grit, and sharp observation. His work often explored city streets, nightlife, and the lives of people on society’s margins.

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