Inventing the Victorians / Matthew Sweet.
Inventing the Victorians / Matthew Sweet.
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Publisher
London : Faber, 2001.
Date
2001.
Call Numbers
N941.081/61
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxiii, 264 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. The Sensation Seekers -- 2. The First Picture Show -- 3. The Boer War, Brought to You by Bovril -- 4. The Gutter and the Stars -- 5. I Knew My Doctor Was A Serial Killer Because -- 6. Last Exit to Shadwell -- 7. The Archaeology of Good Behaviour -- 8. Check Out Your Chintz -- 9. A Defence of the...
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Publisher
London : Faber, 2001.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2001.
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Summary
"Spot the deliberate fiction on this list: Queen Victoria had a Nigerian god-daughter; William Gladstone once knocked back so much laudanum that he had to go to Baden Baden to recuperate; the flourishing Victorian porn industry was founded by a group of Chartists who wanted to use sexually explicit material to hasten the British Revolution; Joseph...
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Full title
Inventing the Victorians / Matthew Sweet.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-250) and index.
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N941.081/61
Record Identifier
74Vvbp6RKj3g
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvbp6RKj3g
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ISBN
0571206581 :
9780571206636
0571206638
9780571206582
0571206581
9780571206582 :
DDC
941.081
MMS ID
991014725209702626
