From the Bookshelf of 2015 Reading Challenge [Closed]…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
What Members Thought
Fascinating from start to finish! If you want a good idea of what life in a city was like before the amenities we take for granted (toilets, electricity, elevators, paved streets) this is the book for you. I love cities and books about cities, and this one was a real eye-opener. It really captures both the often-disgusting and difficult reality of living in Victorian London, and the magic of doing so. After all, there must be a reason why people lived there even with all the crime and filth and
...more
Jul 23, 2014
Xueting
marked it as to-read
Aug 07, 2017
Leona
marked it as to-read
May 23, 2022
Michael Faris
marked it as to-read
