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No Thoroughfare

Charles Dickens

Book Overview: 

Two boys from the Foundling Hospital are given the same name, with disastrous consequences in adulthood. Two associates, wishing to right the wrong, are commissioned to find a missing heir. Their quest takes them from fungous wine cellars in the City of London to the sunshine of the Mediterranean — across the Alps in winter. Danger and treachery would prevail were it not for the courage of the heroine and the faithful company servant.

The story contains crafted descriptions, well-drawn and diverse characters, eerie and exotic backgrounds, mystery, semi-concealed identities, brinkmanship with death, romance, the eventual triumph of Good over Evil, and many other elements expected in classic Dickens.

First published in 1867 there are thematic parallels with other books from Dickens’ mature writings, including Little Dorrit (1857) and especially Our Mutual Friend (1865). The Listener will decide if this story yields insights into The Mystery of Edwin Drood (unfinished 1870).

Wilkie Collins collaborated with Charles Dickens to produce this ‘Christmas’ book and the stage play of the same name. In the book Collins assisted in Act 1 and Act 4;

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Wilding.  “I have a word to say to Jarvis.  Send for Mr. Bintrey,” he repeated—“send at once.”

Mr. Jarvis laid a letter on the table before he left the room.

“From our correspondents at Neuchâtel, I think, sir.  The letter has got the Swiss postmark.”

NEW CHARACTERS ON THE SCENE

The words, “The Swiss Postmark,” following so soon upon the housekeeper’s reference to Switzerland, wrought Mr. Wilding’s agitation to such a remarkable height, that his new partner could not decently make a pretence of letting it pass unnoticed.

“Wilding,” he asked hurriedly, and yet stopping short and glancing around as if for some visible cause of his state of mind: “what is the matter?”

“My good George Vendale,” returned the wine-merchant, giving his hand with an appealing look, rather as if he wanted help to get over some obstacle, than as if he gave . . . Read More

Community Reviews

Los trabajos a cuatro manos normalmente producen cierta sensación de grandeza y maestría, como si los artistas pudieran mezclar sus mejores cualidades y combinarlas de manera que el resultado pasase a considerarse automáticamente una obra maestra. En estos casos, siempre me viene a la cabeza una de

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Es esta una novela corta escrita mano a mano por dos grandes de la literatura, Wilkie Collins y Charles Dickens. Lo que empezó siendo para mí un culebrón muy interesante (con niño perdido del orfanato incluido), con una muy buena ambientación, acabó poco a poco perdie

One of Charles Dickens’ lesser known works, written in cohesion with Wilkie Collins is a novella written in the form of a play, No Thoroughfare. Instantly the reader experiences the Dickens’ touch as the tale unfolds in The Overture. One of the main characters Walter Wilding mourns his mother’s deat

I read the novel version of this stage play collaboration between Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. It was much like reading a modern “novelization” of a motion picture. An especially curious feature was finding the novel divided into theatrical Acts, exactly the same as a stage play. While I woul

A charming little find for a reader working her way through the works of Mr. Dickens. A bit of research would suggest that No Thoughfare was both the title of a play and its novelization. (Pre-Hollywood cleverness, apparently, since interest in one was likely to increase box office sales and visa ve

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