{"product_id":"2026100012211-secondhand-they-walk-in-the-city","title":"They Walk In The City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the teeming, indifferent sprawl of 1930s London, two young northerners — Rose Salter and Edward Fielding — arrive separately in the vast city, each searching for something beyond the narrow confines of their Yorkshire upbringings, only to find themselves caught in a web of longing, danger, and the desperate anonymity of modern urban life. J. B. Priestley's They Walk in the City (1936) is a richly observed romantic melodrama that chronicles the struggles of ordinary working-class people against a backdrop of economic hardship and social indifference, capturing the raw heartbeat of a city that simultaneously promises everything and swallows its inhabitants whole.\n\nPriestley, one of the great chroniclers of English provincial and urban life, presents here a narrative saturated with social conscience and warmth, blending the conventions of popular romance with a sharp, unsentimental critique of class and capitalism. His prose is direct and muscular, alive with the sights, sounds, and smells of a city both magnificent and brutal, drawing readers into a world where love must fight not only circumstance but the sheer crushing weight of the modern metropolis. They Walk in the City stands as a testament to Priestley's enduring gift for rendering the interior lives of ordinary people with dignity and insight — and its climactic chase through London's shadowy streets will leave readers breathless long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022614528219,"sku":"2026100012211-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/818cb9d2-3927-4a81-a461-3b170034e1ba.png?v=1793665334","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012211-secondhand-they-walk-in-the-city","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}