The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London Flanders JudithPaperback
The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London Flanders JudithPaperback The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented change, and nowhere was this more apparent than London, which, in only…
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The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London Flanders JudithPaperback
The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented change, and nowhere was this more apparent than London, which, in only a few decades, grew from a compact Regency town into the largest city the world had ever seen. Now, with him, Judith Flanders leads us through the markets, transport systems, 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. Technology-railways, street-lighting, and sewers-transformed both the city and the experience of city-living.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.
From the colorful cries of street-sellers to the uncomfortable reality of travel by