The Victorian City Free Download PDF By Judith Flanders
| Title | : | The Victorian City |
| Author | : | Judith Flanders |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 544 pages |
| ISBN | : | 1250040213 |
From the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Invention of Murder, an extraordinary, revelatory portrait of everyday life on the streets of Dickens London.The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented change, and nowhere was this apparent than London In only a few decades, the capital grew from a compact Regency town into a sprawlin From the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Invention of Murder, an extraordinary, revelatory portrait of everyday life on the streets of Dickens London.The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented change, and nowhere was this apparent than London In only a few decades, the capital grew from a compact Regency town into a sprawling metropolis of 6.5 million inhabitants, the largest city the world had ever seen Technology railways, street lighting, and sewers transformed both the city and the experience of city living, as London expanded in every direction Now Judith Flanders, one of Britain s foremost social historians, explores the world portrayed so vividly in Dickens novels, showing life on the streets of London in colorful, fascinating detail.From the moment Charles Dickens, the century s best loved English 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 and 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 ever view London in the same light again
about Author
Judith Flanders was born in London, England, in 1959 She moved to Montreal, Canada, when she was two, and spent her childhood there, apart from a year in Israel in 1972, where she signally failed to master Hebrew.After university, Judith returned to London and began working as an editor for various publishing houses After this 17 year misstep, she began to write and in 2001 her first book, A Cir Judith Flanders was born in London, England, in 1959 She moved to Montreal, Canada, when she was two, and spent her childhood there, apart from a year in Israel in 1972, where she signally failed to master Hebrew.After university, Judith returned to London and began working as an editor for various publishing houses After this 17 year misstep, she began to write and in 2001 her first book, A Circle of Sisters, the biography of four Victorian sisters, was published to great acclaim, and nominated for the Guardian First Book Award In 2003, The Victorian House 2004 in the USA, as Inside the Victorian Home received widespread praise, and was shortlisted for the British Book Awards History Book of the Year In 2006 Consuming Passions, was published Her most recent book, The Invention of Murder, was published in 2011.Judith also contributes articles, features and reviews for a number of newspapers and magazines 
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From the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Invention of Murder, an extraordinary, revelatory portrait of
544 pagesJudith Flanders
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