Fifty Years Ago - Free Audiobook

Fifty Years Ago - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Walter Besant,

Language: English

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20 Chapter(s)
  • 1. Preface
  • 2. Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies
  • 3. The Year 1837
  • 4. London in 1837
  • 5. In the Street
  • 6. With the People
  • 7. With the Middle-Class
  • 8. In Society
  • 9. At the Play and the Show
  • 10. In the House
  • 11. At School and University
  • 12. The Tavern
  • 13. In Club- and Card-Land
  • 14. With the Wits
  • 15. Journals and Journalists
  • 16. The Sportsman
  • 17. In Factory and Mine
  • 18. With the Men of Science
  • 19. Law and Justice
  • 20. Conclusion

About

Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901) was a prolific novelist and historian. He wrote Fifty Years Ago to present a picture of life, manners, and society in Great Britain as it was when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne. In 1837, the seeds of new technology and new ideas were present and monumental changes from the ways of the 1700's were about to be felt. Starting first in London and over several decades, the progress moved outwards to the country towns of the British Isles. - Summary by Gary Clayton

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