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The Mysteries of London
1,99 € |
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Verlag: | E-Artnow |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 05.12.2023 |
ISBN/EAN: | 4066339566194 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 4416 |
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Beschreibungen
The Mysteries of London is a "penny blood" classic. There are many plots in the story, but the overarching purpose is to reveal different facets of life in London, from its seedy underbelly to its over-indulgent and corrupt aristocrats. The Mysteries of London are considered to be among the seminal works of the Victorian "urban mysteries" genre, a style of sensational fiction which adapted elements of Gothic novels – with their haunted castles, innocent noble damsels in distress and nefarious villains – to produce stories which instead emphasized the poverty, crime, and violence of a great metropolis, complete with detailed and often sympathetic descriptions of the lives of lower-class lawbreakers and extensive glossaries of thieves' cant, all interwoven with a frank sexuality not usually found in popular fiction of the time.