![]() Now Judith Flanders, one of Britain's foremost social historians, explores the world portrayed so vividly in Dickens' novels, showing life on the streets of London in colorful, fascinating detail. Technology-railways, street-lighting, and sewers-transformed both the city and the experience of city-living, as London expanded in every direction. In only a few decades, the capital grew from a compact Regency town into a sprawling metropolis of 6.5 million inhabitants, the largest city the world had ever seen. ![]() The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented change, and nowhere was this more apparent than London. ![]() ![]() From the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Invention of Murder, an extraordinary, revelatory portrait of everyday life on the streets of Dickens' London. ![]()
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