Club Life of London (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete EditionBy John Timbs
Length19h 45m
About this audiobook
Club Life of London (Vol. 1 & 2) is a richly anecdotal social history of the capital's clubs, coffee-houses, taverns, and convivial institutions, tracing their role in shaping politics, literature, journalism, and manners from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. Written in Timbs's characteristic antiquarian style—curious, digressive, documentary, and enlivened by quotation—it belongs to the Victorian tradition of metropolitan retrospection, preserving the texture of urban sociability before modern London effaced many of its older haunts. John Timbs (1801–1875), journalist, editor, and prolific popular historian, devoted much of his career to making historical knowledge accessible to a broad reading public. His long engagement with periodical culture, including editorial work connected to The Mirror of Literature and other publications, sharpened his eye for memorable detail and public anecdote. His fascination with London's institutions, curiosities, and literary associations naturally culminated in this compendium of clubland memory. This work is recommended to readers interested in literary London, social history, and the evolution of public conversation. It offers not a modern analytical monograph, but something equally valuable: a learned Victorian archive of voices, places, rituals, and reputations that made London's clubs central to British cultural life.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
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GenreHistory
Length19 hrs 45 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 28, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Club Life of London (Vol. 1&2)
3VOLUME 1
4PREFACE.
5ORIGIN OF CLUBS.
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6THE MERMAID CLUB.
7THE APOLLO CLUB.
8EARLY POLITICAL CLUBS.
9THE OCTOBER CLUB.
10THE SATURDAY, AND BROTHERS CLUBS.
11THE SCRIBLERUS CLUB.
12THE CALVES' HEAD CLUB.
13THE KING'S HEAD CLUB.
14STREET CLUBS.
15THE MOHOCKS.
16BLASPHEMOUS CLUBS.
17MUG-HOUSE CLUBS.
18THE KIT-KAT CLUB.
19THE TATLER'S CLUB IN SHIRE-LANE.
20THE ROYAL SOCIETY CLUB.
21THE COCOA-TREE CLUB.
22ALMACK'S CLUB.
23ALMACK'S ASSEMBLY-ROOMS.
24BROOKES'S CLUB.
25"FIGHTING FITZGERALD" AT BROOKES'S.
26ARTHUR'S CLUB.
27WHITE'S CLUB.
28BOODLE'S CLUB.
29THE BEEF-STEAK SOCIETY.
30CAPTAIN MORRIS, THE BARD OF THE BEEF-STEAK SOCIETY.
31BEEF-STEAK CLUBS.
32CLUB AT TOM'S COFFEE-HOUSE.
33THE KING OF CLUBS.
34WATIER'S CLUB.
35MR. CANNING AT THE CLIFFORD-STREET CLUB.
36ECCENTRIC CLUBS.
37JACOBITE CLUB.
38THE WITTINAGEMOT OF THE CHAPTER COFFEE-HOUSE.
39THE ROXBURGHE CLUB DINNERS.
40THE SOCIETY OF PAST OVERSEERS, WESTMINSTER.
41THE ROBIN HOOD.
42THE BLUE-STOCKING CLUB.
43THE IVY-LANE CLUB.
44THE ESSEX HEAD CLUB.
45THE LITERARY CLUB.
46GOLDSMITH'S CLUBS.
47THE DILETTANTI SOCIETY.
48THE ROYAL NAVAL CLUB.
49THE WYNDHAM CLUB.
50THE TRAVELLERS' CLUB.
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