UDkt. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) wathi noma ngubani okhathele yiLondon ukhathele ukuphila . Kodwa omunye umbongi omkhulu waseNgilandi, uPercy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), wabhala ukuthi isihogo siyidolobha elifana kakhulu neLondon . Mina, enginguye mina, ngithi njalo lapho ngifika eLondon ngimane ngijabule . Kokubili njengesivakashi nje kanye nalapho ngihlala khona isikhashana.

Umlando wayo, umkhathi wayo, amaphunga ayo, amakhona ayo afihliwe angenakubalwa akumema ukuthi ucabange ngezindaba eziyinkulungwane ezengeziwe. Futhi ziyakukhuthaza ukuthi uzidale. I-Westminster Bridge ibone izinkazimulo nezinhlekelele zamuva nje. Futhi leyo makethe yezincwadi edumile yaseSouthbank iphethe amakhulu ezincwadi zomhlaba wonke nezasendaweni. Namuhla ngifuna ukukhuluma ngezincwadi ezimbalwa mayelana nalo muzi futhi ngimeme wonke umuntu ukuthi awuvakashele noma abuye. Ngaphandle kwesinye isizathu. YiLondon.

Ngeke kwenzeke ukubala zonke izindaba eziphefumulelwe yiLondon noma ezibekwe lapho. Iziqhwaga zezincwadi , abalobi abaphakathi nendawo, kanye nabantu abancane. Ababhali abangaziwa noma abantu abangazi lutho abathola igama, umusho, noma isithombe. Ngaphandle kokwazi ngisho nedolobha.

Ngoba ubani ongazange adanse ezindlini zokudansa zalawo maphathi odade baseDashwood ababeya kuwo ku- Sense and Sensibility ? Ngubani ongakaze abone noma acabange ngeLondon kaDickens ? Ngubani ongazange avakashele i-Highgate Cemetery futhi acabange ukuthi angabona isithunzi sikaLucy Westenra?

ILondon - u-Edward Rutherfurd

Mhlawumbe isihloko esaziwa kakhulu (futhi esikhulu kunazo zonke) sokuzicwilisa kulo muzi kusukela ekusungulweni kwawo endaweni encane yokuhlala yamaCeltic kuya ekuqhunyisweni kwamabhomu eMpi Yezwe Yesibili , edlula ekuhlaselweni kwamabutho kaKesari ngo -54 BC, amaMpi Enkolo, amaNorman , ukudalwa kweGlobe , inkundla yemidlalo lapho uShakespeare ayezoqala khona imisebenzi yakhe, ukungezwani kwenkolo , uMlilo Omkhulu ka-1666, inkathi yamaVictoria… Izindaba eziningi ezihlanganisa abalingiswa bangempela nabangewona amaqiniso , ezingezindaba ezimbalwa zomndeni eziqhubeka namakhulu eminyaka.

I-infiltrator - uStephen Isikhumba

Inoveli yokuqala ochungechungeni equkethe i-Agent Dan Shepherd , eyaziwa nangokuthi uSpider. UStephen Leather uphinda kabusha ngokuphelele isimo esishubile nesingcolile sezwe elingaphansi komhlaba laseLondon futhi udonsela uShepherd emdlalweni ogcwele ugibe ogcina ukungabaza kuphila kuze kube sekupheleni.

Izindaba zaseLondon - UDoris Lessing

Umlobi waseBrithani, owawina uMklomelo weNobel wezincwadi eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, waya eLondon eyayigcwele izinxushunxushu, ehlukahlukene futhi exubile ngasekupheleni kwekhulu lama-20 ukuze ahlele izindaba eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili ezakha lo mqulu wezindaba ezimfushane.

ULessing wagxila kwenye yezindikimba azithandayo: ukuvezwa okubucayi kobunxiwankulu baseNgilandi . Lezi zindaba zilandisa ngobunzima, okuhlangenwe nakho, kanye nezimanga eziningi ezitholakala ebudlelwaneni bomndeni nezothando, kanye nokubaluleka kwaseBrithani kwemikhuba yezenhlalo njengesizinda.

Indoda yaseLondon - uGeorges Simenon

U-Enric González, intatheli eyayiyintatheli yaseLondon ka- El País , wabelana ngolwazi lwakhe, izindaba, kanye nabantu ahlangana nabo lapho. Incwadi yomuntu siqu futhi ehehayo.

Ukuqedela

Akunandaba isihloko, isikhathi, noma indaba. Noma yini enegama elithi London elibhalwe kuyo idinga ukunakwa.