For hundreds of years London and the people who live here have provided inspiration for people form all over the world. Hundreds of books have been written about London or set in London with thousands of fictional characters. There are books set in the medieval times, in the Victorian period and the modern day. Every postcode, every book and every character tells a different tale of London life. Of course you don’t need to be a Londoner to experience London life when you can do it through great fiction. But of course it makes it ever more real when you can come and experience it yourself – at UIC you will not only learn some of the language of London (English!) but also have a chance to go out and experience it first hand with our social programme.

Some of the best known novels written over the years which feature or are set in London are:

Brick Lane by Monica Ali – set in Brick Lane in East London
Bleak House by Dickens – set in Chancery Courts ion Central London
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes lived in Baker Street
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd – set in Spitalfields in East London
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene – set in Clapham
London Fields by Martin Amis – set in Portobello Road and Notting Hill
London by Edward Rutherford – set in Tower Bridge and other
The Buddah of Surburbia by Hanif Kureshi – set in Bromley
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell – set in Hampstead

and for children ….

Peter Pan by J M Barrie set in Kensington Gardens

If you want to buy any of these books we’d recommend you go to Waterstones (or alternatively you can look at UIC’s 10 best bookshops)

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