Fifty Years Ago

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Modern (19th C)

Authors: Walter Besant In Year : 1888

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Fifty Years Ago

Preface
Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies
The Year 1837
London in 1837
In the Street
With the People
With the Middle-Class
In Society
At the Play and the Show
In the House
At School and University
The Tavern
In Club- and Card-Land
With the Wits
Journals and Journalists
The Sportsman
In Factory and Mine
With the Men of Science
Law and Justice
Conclusion

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