![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I think it's Judith Flanders' best book yet, which is saying something.Īndrew Taylor Meticulous and gripping. Show Less Product DetailsĪ quite extraordinary book, which I read with much enjoyment: an intoxicating blend of London, life and literature. No one who reads it will view London in the same light again. Read more portrait of everyday life on the streets, bringing to life the Victorian capital in all its variety, vibrancy, and squalor. Now, Judith Flanders follows in his footsteps, leading us through the markets, transport systems, sewers, slums, cemeteries, gin palaces and entertainment emporia of Dickens' London. Charles Dickens obsessively walked London's streets, recording its pleasures, curiosities and cruelties. In only a few decades, London 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. The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented transformation, and nowhere was this more apparent than on the streets of London. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL 3JH HBJD1 HBLL HBTB. ![]() Even if you've read Dickens and the contemporary historians of the poor, there is still more to marvel at here.' Sebastian Faulks, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Num Pages: 544 pages. Full of detail and colour about everyday life in Dickens's London, and leaves you with a sense not only of how hard life was then, but how strange. Description for The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London Paperback. ![]()
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