Author: Lee Jackson
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1843312301
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
A Dictionary of Victorian London
Author: Lee Jackson
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1843312301
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1843312301
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
Dictionary of London
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
A Dictionary of London Place-Names
Author: A. D. Mills
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199566785
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A unique gazetteer that clearly explains the fascinating origins and meanings behind the names of over 1,700 places, streets, and areas within the English capital, including the Greater London Boroughs. It also features maps, an extended introduction on the development of these place-names, a detailed glossary, and recommended web links.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199566785
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A unique gazetteer that clearly explains the fascinating origins and meanings behind the names of over 1,700 places, streets, and areas within the English capital, including the Greater London Boroughs. It also features maps, an extended introduction on the development of these place-names, a detailed glossary, and recommended web links.
The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal
Author: John Camden Hotten
Publisher: London : Chatto and Windus
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher: London : Chatto and Windus
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The Dickens Dictionary
Author: Jon Sutherland
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 1848313926
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
For fans new and old, an enjoyable tour through the world of Dickens in the hands of a master critic. Charles Dickens, the 'Great Inimitable', created a riotous fictional world that still lives and breathes for thousands of readers today. But how much do we really know about the dazzling imagination that brought all this into being? For the bicentenary of Dickens' birth, Victorian literature expert John Sutherland has created a gloriously wide-ranging alphabetical companion to Dickens' work, excavating the hidden links between his characters, themes, and preoccupations, and the minutiae of his endlessly inventive wordplay. Covering America, Bastards, Childhood, Christmas, Empire, Fog, Larks, London, Madness, Murder, Orphans, Pubs, Punishment, Smells, Spontaneous Combustion and Zoo to name but a few - John Sutherland gives us a uniquely personal guide to the great man's work. Excerpt: HANDS; Every Dickens novel has a master image. In Our Mutual Friend it is the river. In Bleak House it is the fog. In Little Dorrit, it is the prison. In Great Expectations it is the hand. We often know much more about the principals' hands in that novel than their faces. Who, when the name Magwitch is mentioned, does not think of those murderous 'large brown veinous hands'? Jaggers? One's nose twitches---scented soap (the lawyer, like Pontius Pilate, is forever washing his hands). Miss Havisham? Withered claws. So it goes on...
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 1848313926
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
For fans new and old, an enjoyable tour through the world of Dickens in the hands of a master critic. Charles Dickens, the 'Great Inimitable', created a riotous fictional world that still lives and breathes for thousands of readers today. But how much do we really know about the dazzling imagination that brought all this into being? For the bicentenary of Dickens' birth, Victorian literature expert John Sutherland has created a gloriously wide-ranging alphabetical companion to Dickens' work, excavating the hidden links between his characters, themes, and preoccupations, and the minutiae of his endlessly inventive wordplay. Covering America, Bastards, Childhood, Christmas, Empire, Fog, Larks, London, Madness, Murder, Orphans, Pubs, Punishment, Smells, Spontaneous Combustion and Zoo to name but a few - John Sutherland gives us a uniquely personal guide to the great man's work. Excerpt: HANDS; Every Dickens novel has a master image. In Our Mutual Friend it is the river. In Bleak House it is the fog. In Little Dorrit, it is the prison. In Great Expectations it is the hand. We often know much more about the principals' hands in that novel than their faces. Who, when the name Magwitch is mentioned, does not think of those murderous 'large brown veinous hands'? Jaggers? One's nose twitches---scented soap (the lawyer, like Pontius Pilate, is forever washing his hands). Miss Havisham? Withered claws. So it goes on...
Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840
Author: Christopher Gilbert
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
A record of marked items made by London furniture makers between 1700 and 1840. The survey contains illustrations supported by background notes on the makers, together with an introduction which examines the reasons why certain firms employed labels, name straps, or engraved brass tablets.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
A record of marked items made by London furniture makers between 1700 and 1840. The survey contains illustrations supported by background notes on the makers, together with an introduction which examines the reasons why certain firms employed labels, name straps, or engraved brass tablets.
A Dictionary of London Gunmakers 1350-1850
Author: Howard L. Blackmore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714880211
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714880211
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667
Author: Henry Robert Plomer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1882 (fourth Year)
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1888
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A Victorian guidebook which captures the atmosphere of London. The churches, railway stations, banks, theatres and sporting facilities are all detailed. Tips on social behaviour are also provided, including advice on hiring servants and how to cope with milk contaminated with diptheria and typhoid.
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A Victorian guidebook which captures the atmosphere of London. The churches, railway stations, banks, theatres and sporting facilities are all detailed. Tips on social behaviour are also provided, including advice on hiring servants and how to cope with milk contaminated with diptheria and typhoid.