"Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie; Open unto the fields, and to the sky." - William Wordworth, Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 Подробнее.
Now Europe's largest bookshop with 150,000 titles in stock and over eight and a half miles of shelving, you should be able to locate just what you are looking for - if not, ask a bookseller! Подробнее.
Near Dickens' home at Gadd's Hill, Chatham, Dickens World brings Victorian England to life. Don't forget to stop by the Waterstones on Chatham High Street for a copy of Great Expectations.
Home to the fabulous Jane Austen Tea Rooms - try the cream scones, they're delicious! You can find many copies of Austen's books at the Waterstones on Milsom St. in a dedicated Jane Austen section. Подробнее.
Senate House was the inspiration for the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, but you won't find "WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH" on these walls. Подробнее.
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall; That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it..." - Robert Frost, Mending Wall Подробнее.
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach..." - Henry David Thoreau, Walden
