Download or read book Dickens and the Unreal City written by K. Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dickens's London often acts as a complex symbol, composed of numerous sub-symbols, such as crowd, river, railway networks and police systems. This book is particularly interested in how Dickens's treatment of the city allows him to re-examine traditional Christian discourses on the issues of revelation, renunciation and regeneration.