"London" a London Travel Page by brummielaura

'Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.' (Samuel Johnson)

'The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.' (Oscar Wilde)

'London is a modern Babylon' (Benjamin Disraeli)

... containing some books that are either about London or set in London:

Naomi Alderman, Disobedience (2006) ... about the Orthodox Jewish community of north-west London

Monica Ali, Brick Lane (2003) ... about the Bangladeshi community

Helen Fiedling, Bridget Jones' Diary (1996) ... the quintessential English single gal