Victorian Sensation
Subtitle: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: October 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9780226744117
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Literary studies: 19th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Science; English; History: World; Europe; History; Life Sciences - Evolution; Science / History; General; 1802-1871; 1802-1871.; Chambers, Robert,; Vestiges of the natural histor; Vestiges of the natural history of creation
First sentence: IN MID-NOVEMBER 1844 Alfred Lord Tennyson opened the latest issue of the Examiner, a weekly reform newspaper, and turned to the notices of the books.