One hot summer
Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the great stink of 1858
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Word Count
84,500 words, Guess
Page Count
338 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveonehotsummerdick0000asht
- ISBN-100300227264
- ISBN-139780300227260
- Library of Congress Control Number2017001767
- OCLC Control Number988864459
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780300227260
- Open LibraryOL26931978M
Classifications
- DDC942.1081
- LCCDA688 .A66 2017
- LCCDA683
Alternate Titles
- Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the great stink of1858
Description
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, court records, newspapers, and other contemporary sources to uncover historically crucial moments in the lives of three protagonists: Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, and Benjamin Disraeli. Invisible threads of connection among Londoners at every social level in 1858 bring the celebrated city and its citizens vibrantly to life.
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