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Author : Thomas FROST
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017520334
Author : John Sutherland
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0804718423
An engaging guide to a rich literary heritage, The Stanford Companion presents a fascinating parade of novels, authors, publishers, editors, reviewers, illustrators, and periodicals that created the culture of Victorian fiction. Its more than 6,000 alphabetical entries provide an incomparable range of useful and little-known source material, its scholarship enlivened by the author's wit and candor.
Author : John Sutherland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 955 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317863328
With over 900 biographical entries, more than 600 novels synopsized, and a wealth of background material on the publishers, reviewers and readers of the age the Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction is the fullest account of the period's fiction ever published. Now in a second edition, the book has been revised and a generous selection of images have been chosen to illustrate various aspects of Victorian publishing, writing, and reading life. Organised alphabetically, the information provided will be a boon to students, researchers and all lovers of reading. The entries, though concise, meet the high standards demanded by modern scholarship. The writing - marked by Sutherland's characteristic combination of flair, clarity and erudition - is of such a high standard that the book is a joy to read, as well as a definitive work of reference.
Author : Anonynous Anonymous
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781908694867
The "penny blood” came into being through a process which began with higher standards of general education and literacy in England at the beginning of the 19th century, and continued with the invention of fast and efficient printing presses and cheap paper production. These combined elements simultaneously created a new, mass market for literature, and fed that market with new, affordable product. The gothic novel, popular amongst a rarefied class of literary readers, duly gave way to sensationalistic, graphic shockers for the masses. The PENNY BLOOD CLASSICS ebook series, which focuses on the "golden age” of the penny bloods, starts with the legendary tale of Sweeney Todd, cut-throat barber of London's Fleet Street. Perhaps inspired by "Horrible Murder And Human Pie-Makers", a gruesome true crime story published in 1825 in The Tell-Tale and included here as a fascinating bonus story. Todd first appeared in Edward Lloyd's celebrated serial "The String Of Pearls" (1846-47), most likely written by James Malcolm Rymer, either alone or alternating with Thomas Peckett Prest. The blood-curdling version included here is from a lesser-known periodical, probably published around 1850, by which time Todd had acquired, via a theatrical melodrama by George Dibden Pitt, his famous catch-phrase "I'll polish him off”. The book also includes an extensive introduction on the history of the penny blood.
Author : William PALMER (of Rugeley.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017700287
Author : Anonymous Anonymous
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781908694874
The "penny blood” came into being through a process which began with higher standards of general education and literacy in England at the beginning of the 19th century, and continued with the invention of fast and efficient printing presses and cheap paper production. These combined elements simultaneously created a new, mass market for literature, and fed that market with new, affordable product. The gothic novel, popular amongst a rarefied class of literary readers, duly gave way to sensationalistic, graphic shockers for the masses. The PENNY BLOOD CLASSICS ebook series, which focuses on the "golden age” of the penny bloods, continues with the legendary tale of Spring-Heeled Jack, first reported in 1808, and again in 1837. Spring-Heeled Jack was described by people who claimed to have seen him as having a terrifying and frightful appearance, with diabolical physiognomy, clawed hands, eyes that "resembled red balls of fire”, and the ability to perform astounding leaps. Jack was perfect melodrama material, and in 1840 John Thomas Haines wrote "Spring-Heeled Jack, the Terror of London", a play portraying him as a villain who stalks and attacks innocent women. This volume features "Spring-Heeled Jack: The Terror Of London", an anonymous penny blood published by the Newsagents' Publishing Company c.1864-1867. The book also includes an extensive introduction on the history of the penny blood.
Author : George Clement Boase
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Cornwall (England : County)
ISBN : UOM:39015033681837
Author : George Clement Boase
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11487218
Author : Georg-Clement Boase
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z319772102
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : OSU:32435051471431
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z252725108
Author : Montague Summers
Publisher : Dalcassian Publishing Company
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1940-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : William Mark CLARK
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017814395
Author : Bill Peschel
Publisher : Peschel Press
Page : 1461 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Meet Doctor Death, the First Modern Serial Killer In 1856, Dr. William Palmer made history when he was hanged for poisoning his gambling partner. But it was not his first ride at the murder rodeo. He had also murdered: * His wife * Five of his six children * His mother-in-law * His brother * And numerous others. He murdered for the insurance money. He murdered to avoid paying his gambling losses. He murdered so he wouldn’t have to support his children. Palmer’s trial made legal history. It was the first moved because of publicity, the first to feature expert witnesses, and the first to run 12 days (at a time when murder trials rarely lasted more than a day). “William Palmer, the Rugeley Poisoner Collection,” gathers three books published by Peschel Press in one low price: “The Illustrated Life and Career of William Palmer” was the first “quickie book” published to capitalize on the hottest news story of 1857. Published before the advent of libel laws, it’s full of gossip about Palmer’s family. His father built his fortune by swindling timber from the local lord while his widowed mother had a reputation as a slut. Palmer lived a riotous life as a medical student in London and consorted with criminals and gamblers in the crooked world of horse racing. This book is an eye-opening journey into the seedy underbelly of Victorian Britain. “The Times Report of the Trial of William Palmer” prints the testimony from Palmer’s 12-day trial, with original footnotes that explain draws on other sources (including the Old Bailey transcript) to explain obscure legal issues and tell you who’s lying, who’s fudging the facts, and who’s telling the truth. Many books simply republish badly-scanned PDF versions of the first edition. The Peschel Press edition gives you all the words, and all the facts. “The Life and Career of Dr. William Palmer of Rugeley” is the 1925 biography of Palmer, the first in more than six decades. Written by a Rugeley doctor who interviewed many of the principals in the case, his book adds new facts never seen before, and rounds out the picture of the country doctor who killed. This collected edition contains hundreds of footnotes, reprints of memoirs and essays involving Palmer, and original essay that look at Palmer’s impact on culture. With these three books, true-crime fans can experience early Victorian Britain where money was king, reputations ruled, and where evil lurked in the heart of a benign doctor.
Author : Samuel Austin Allibone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11167214