The Working Classes in Victorian Fiction

Keating, P. J.

ISBN 10: 0710001967 / ISBN 13: 9780710001962

Published by Routledge,, London, 1972

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Paperback. 310pp. Fascinating study of the representation of the working classes, especially in London. Covers George Gissing, Walter Besant, Arthur Morrison, Rudyard Kipling and Cockney archetypes, industrialisation, urbanisation, class conflict and the phonetic representation of Cockney. Black and white frontis and several further plates. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Slightly faded. Very clean neat. Very good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Working Classes in Victorian Fiction
• Publisher: Routledge,, London
• Publication Date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0710001967
• ISBN 13: 9780710001962
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very good copy

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Synopsis

First published in 1971. The book examines the presentation of the urban and industrial working classes in Victorian fiction. It considers the different types of working men and women who appear in fiction, the environments they are shown to inhabit, and the use of phonetics to indicate the sound of working class voices. Evidence is drawn from a wide range of major and minor fiction, and new light is cast on Dickens, Mrs Gaskell, Charles Kingsley, George Gissing, Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Morrison. This book would be of interest to students of literature, sociology and history.