num_pages: 561
description: This anthology has one simple goal: to give the reader a flavour of 'how life was lived' in Victorian London through the words of the Victorians themselves. It is not a comprehensive study; but I have revisited an archive of ten years' reading and research  nineteenth century diaries newspapers magazines memoirs guidebooks  in an attempt to include as many diverse aspects of Victorian life as possible. There is I must admit a certain bias in my choice of material: I concentrate on the poor and middle-class. Queen Victoria is glimpsed at a distance in Hyde Park; MPs and members of the aristocracy appear as the patrons of charities; but this is a book about the everyday. It may seem presumptuous to call this an extraordinary anthology; yet it is the extraordinary details of daily life in the 'Great Metropolis' that continue to fascinate me. My only wish is that the reader may share my enthusiasm.Lee Jackson2011
language: English
title: Daily Life in Victorian London: An Extraordinary Anthology
publisher: Victorian London Ebooks