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Charles Dickens's Networks

By Grossman , Jonathan H

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780199644193
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3637187 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

In the same week in February 1836 that Charles Dickens was hired to write his first novel, 'The Pickwick Papers', the first railway line in London opened. 'Charles Dickens's Networks' explores the rise of the global, high-speed passenger transport network in the 19th century and the indelible impact it had on Dickens' work. ONE: THE SPEEDING OF THE PICKWICK COACH TWO: ON TRAGEDY'S TRACKS THREE: INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS AFTERWORD

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