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Fifty Years Ago

Fifty Years Ago

by Walter BESANT (1836 - 1901)

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


At School and University

At the Play and the Show

Conclusion

Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies

In Club- and Card-Land

In Factory and Mine

In Society

In the House

In the Street

Journals and Journalists

Law and Justice

London in 1837

Preface

The Sportsman

The Tavern

The Year 1837

With the Men of Science

With the Middle-Class

With the People

With the Wits