Victorian Studies in Scarlet: Murders and Manners in the Age of Victoria

by Richard D. Altick

Book Overview

In the first chapters, Mr. Altick examines the Victorian delight in murder as a social phenomenon. The remainder of the book is constructed around classic murder cases that afford a vivid perspective on the way people lived--and died--in the Age of Victoria.

From the beginning of the age, homicide was a national entertainment. Penny broadsheets hawked in the streets highlighted the most gruesome features of crimes; newspapers recounted the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393336247
• ISBN13: 9780393336245
• Release Date: October 1970
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"