One hot summer : Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the great stink of 1858 / Rosemary Ashton.
One hot summer : Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the great stink of 1858 / Rosemary Ashton.
One hot summer : Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the great stink of 1858 / Rosemary Ashton.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
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G 2018/0199
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue -- 1858 in history. Moments of consequence ; The rise of Disraeli ; Medicine and marriage ; Literature and art -- May 1858. Dickens in distress ; Derby Day ; Marriage mischief -- June 1858, part I. Darwin and the pursuit of science ; Dickens dissolves his marriage ; Midsummer madness ; Melt...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
London, 1858. Noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the sewage-filled Thames River, the year is otherwise little remembered. Ashton reveals that thanks to significant, if unrecognized, turning points the months from May to August turned out to be a summer of consequence. She mines Victorian letters and gossip, diaries,...
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One hot summer : Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the great stink of 1858 / Rosemary Ashton.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-320) and index.
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G 2018/0199
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74VKVGAEdNEZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGAEdNEZ
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ISBN
0300227264 (alk. paper)
9780300227260 (alk. paper)
DDC
942.1081
MMS ID
991024154654102626
