A Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain
Reeks: Brief Histories
Michael Paterson
- The
- Victorian
- era
- has
- dominated
- the
- popular
- imagination
- like
- no
- other
- period,
- but
- these
- myths
- and
- stories
- also
- give
- a
- very
- distorted
- view
- of
- the
- 19th
- century.The
- early
- Victorians
- were
- much
- stranger
- that
- we
- usually
- imagine,
- and
- their
- world
- would
- have
- felt
- very
- different
- from
- our
- own
- and
- it
- was
- only
- during
- the
- long
- reign
- of
- the
- Queen
- that
- a
- modern
- society
- emerged
- in
- unexpected
- ways.Using
- character
- portraits,
- events,
- and
- key
- moments
- Paterson
- brings
- the
- real
- life
- of
- Victorian
- Britain
- alive
- -
- from
- the
- lifestyles
- of
- the
- aristocrats
- to
- the
- lowest
- ranks
- of
- the
- London
- slums.
- This
- includes
- the
- right
- way
- to
- use
- a
- fan,
- why
- morning
- visits
- were
- conducted
- in
- the
- afternoon,
- what
- the
- Victorian
- family
- ate
- and
- how
- they
- enjoyed
- their
- free
- time,
- as
- well
- as
- the
- Victorian
- legacy
- today
- -
- convenience
- food,
- coffee
- bars,
- window
- shopping,
- mass
- media,
- and
- celebrity
- culture.Praise
- for
- Dicken's
- London:Out
- of
- the
- babble
- of
- voices,
- Michael
- Paterson
- has
- been
- able
- to
- extract
- the
- essence
- of
- London
- itself.
- Read
- this
- book
- and
- re-enter
- the
- labyrinth
- of
- a
- now-ancient
- city.'
- Peter Ackroyd
