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Fifty Years Ago

by Walter BESANT (1836 - 1901)

The Year 1837

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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Listen next episodes of Fifty Years Ago:
At School and University , At the Play and the Show , Conclusion , 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 , The Sportsman , The Tavern , With the Men of Science , With the Middle-Class , With the People , With the Wits