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12500258. The Great Fire of London is a novel by the English author Peter Ackroyd . Published in 1982, it is Ackroyd's first novel. It established themes which Ackroyd returns to again and again in his fiction: [citation needed] London, English literature and the intertwining (and blurring) of literary, historical and contemporary events.
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Jan 1, 1982 · October 26, 2009. Peter Ackroyd's first novel. It revolves around Dickens, and London past and present - themes that continue to recur in Ackroyd's work. A lot of interesting characters and possibilities, but the narrative lacked in pace and density.
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Dec 2, 2009 · The great fire of London : a novel. by. Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-. Publication date. 1993. Topics. Motion picture industry, Fiction in English, 1945- - Texts, English fiction. Publisher. London : Penguin Books.
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Actually, this novel, Ackroyd’s first, is set in contemporary London and is about a film-maker who wants to make a film of Dickens’ novel, set in a real prison ( Little Dorrit is, of course, set in the Marshalsea Prison, which was destroyed by fire in 1885). It is natural to expect Ackroyd to adopt Little Dorrit as his sub-text.
Jan 1, 2001 · The Great Fire of London: A Story with Interpolations and Bifurcations. Jacques Roubaud, Dominic Di Bernardi (Translator) 4.06. 203 ratings38 reviews. Part novel, part autobiography, The Great Fire of London is one of the great literary undertakings of our time.
Aug 15, 2002 · The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666. Hardcover – August 15, 2002. The tragic story of the disastrous London fire is told here from both a human and architectural point of view, as the fire destroyed lives along with buildings such as the original St. Paul's cathedral.
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