| Title | : | Limehouse Nights |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Thomas Burke |
| Release | : | 2023-07-16 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Action & Adventure, Books, Fiction & Literature |
| Size | : | 905521 |
| Limehouse Nights is a 1916 short story collection by the British writer Thomas Burke. The stories are set in and around the Chinatown that was then centred on Limehouse in the East End of London. The book was a popular success and features several of Burke's best-known stories such as "The Chink and the Child" and "Beryl and the Croucher". Thomas Burke (29 November 1886 – 22 September 1945) was a British author. He was born in Clapham Junction, London. His first successful publication was Limehouse Nights (1916), a collection of stories centred on life in the poverty-stricken Limehouse district of London. Many of Burke's books feature the Chinese character Quong Lee as narrator. |
