Social Problems in the Gothic Space of Nineteenth-Century City from the Perspective of a Penny Part Serial. The Mysteries of London by G. W. M. Reynolds Cover Image

Problemy społeczne w gotyckiej przestrzeni dziewiętnastowiecznej metropolii w świetle powieści The Mysteries of London George’a W.M. Reynoldsa
Social Problems in the Gothic Space of Nineteenth-Century City from the Perspective of a Penny Part Serial. The Mysteries of London by G. W. M. Reynolds

Author(s): Marta Michalska
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Oral history, Social history, Modern Age, 19th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Gothic novel; working class; Victorian society; nineteenth-century London;

Summary/Abstract: The text deals with the nineteenth-century space of London and social inequalities seen through the prism of G. W. M. Reynolds’ penny part serialized novel, The Mysteries of London. The popular novel was not only a product of emerging mass culture, but also an interesting social document. Its author presented a radical diagnosis of existing social inequalities in the form of a city mysteries novel.

  • Issue Year: 126/2019
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 39-71
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: Polish