London in fiction

Many notable works of fiction are set in London, the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom.

The following is a selection; there are too many such fictional works for it to be possible to compile a complete list.

Several nursery rhymes mention places in London.

William Blake 's poem London , which explores the meaning of the city. This image is a digital repercussion of his hand-painted 1826 print from Copy AA of Songs of Innocence and of Experience . The item is currently in the Collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge, England. ^{[

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