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Kwartalnik Historyczny R. 126 nr 1 (2019)
Creator: Contributor:Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences ; Polish Historical Society
Publisher:Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Place of publishing: Date issued/created: Description:p. 39-71 ; Summary in English and Polish
Type of object: Subject and Keywords:Gothic novel, English - 19th c. ; Great Britain - 1837-1901 (Victoria) ; working class - Great Britain - 19th c. ; London (Great Britain) - social situation - 19th c. ; literature - social aspect - Great Britain - England - 19th c.
Abstract:The text deals with the nineteenth-century space of London and social inequalities seen through the prism of G. W. M. Reynolds’ penny part serialized novel, The Mysteries of London. The popular novel was not only a product of emerging mass culture, but also an interesting social document. Its author presented a radical diagnosis of existing social inequalities in the form of a city mysteries novel.
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0023-5903 ; 2451-1315 ; 10.12775/KH.2019.126.1.02
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