NIGHT WALKS

Charles Dickens describes in Night Walks his time as an insomniac, when he decided to cure himself by walking through London in the small hours, and discovered homelessness, drunkenness, and vice on the streets. This collection of essays shows Dickens as one of th e greatest visionaries of the city in all its variety and cruelty. Great ideas. Throughout history, some books have changed the worl d. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war, and revolution...