02788nam 2200685 a 450 991078153630332120230126202744.00-7486-5139-X1-283-37007-797866133700750-7486-5084-910.1515/9780748650842(CKB)2550000000074611(EBL)821652(OCoLC)818853404(SSID)ssj0000591793(PQKBManifestationID)11421961(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000591793(PQKBWorkID)10727510(PQKB)11679594(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055518(MiAaPQ)EBC4462471(MiAaPQ)EBC1363900(Au-PeEL)EBL1363900(CaPaEBR)ebr10518334(CaONFJC)MIL337007(MiAaPQ)EBC821652(Au-PeEL)EBL821652(DE-B1597)616127(DE-B1597)9780748650842(OCoLC)1302164571(EXLCZ)99255000000007461120120113d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier1895[electronic resource] drama, disaster and disgrace in late Victorian Britain /Nicholas FreemanEdinburgh Edinburgh University Press20111 online resource (xii, 234 pages) illustrationsEdinburgh critical studies in Victorian cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-7486-4056-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Into the Past: A Brief Foreword -- Winter: 15 September 1894 - 28 February 1895 -- Spring: 1 March 1895 - 30 May 1895 -- Summer: 1 June 1895 - 31 August 1895 -- Autumn into Winter: 1 September 1895 - 31 December 1895.Kill the bugger!' So read one telegram to the Marquess of Queensberry before his legal battle with Oscar Wilde in the spring of 1895. Today's readers often see the Wilde case as dramatising the intolerance and cruelty of late-Victorian life, but what was its contemporary significance? What was it like to live in Britain in 1895? Which stories, personalities and events really captured the headlines?Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.Conduct of lifeGreat BritainHistory19th centuryGreat BritainSocial life and customs19th centuryPeriodicalsConduct of lifeHistory820.9008Freeman Nicholas1510796MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK991078153630332118953743654UNINA