The Victorian city : everyday life in Dickens' London
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[Place of publication not identified] : St Martins Pr, 2014., New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Status
Roy & Helen Hall Memorial Library - Adult Nonfiction
942.108 FLA
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942.108 FLA
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Published
[Place of publication not identified] : St Martins Pr, 2014., New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 520 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Previously published: London : Atlantic Books, 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-499) and index.
Description
"Expert Victorian-era historian Judith Flanders explores the world portrayed so vividly in Dicken's novels, bringing life on the streets of London to vivid, fascinating life. The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented transformation, and nowhere was this more apparent than London. In only a few decades, the capitol grew from a Regency town to the biggest city the world had ever seen, with more than 6.5 million people and railways, street-lighting and new buildings at every turn. From the moment Charles Dickens, the century's best-loved novelist and London's greatest observer, arrived in the city in 1822, he obsessively walked its streets, recording its pleasures, curiosities and cruelties. Now, with him, Judith Flanders leads us through the markets, transport systems, sewers, rivers, slums, alleys, cemeteries, gin palaces, chop-houses and entertainment emporia of Dickens' London, to reveal the Victorian capital in all its variety, vibrancy, and squalor. From the colorful cries of street-sellers to the uncomfortable reality of travel by omnibus, to the many uses for the body parts of dead horses or the unimaginably grueling working days of hawker children, no detail is too small, or too strange. No one who reads Judith Flanders's meticulously researched, captivatingly written The Victorian City will view London in the same light again"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Flanders, J. (2014). The Victorian city: everyday life in Dickens' London (First U.S. edition.). St Martins Pr.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Flanders, Judith. 2014. The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London. St Martins Pr.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Flanders, Judith. The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London St Martins Pr, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Flanders, Judith. The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London First U.S. edition., St Martins Pr, 2014.
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