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Includes the name: Rosemary Ashton

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(eng) Rosemary Ashton is the author of three different books titled George Eliot: one in the Past Masters series (1983, 105 pp.), one subtitled A Life (1996, 495 pp.), and one in the Very Interesting People series (2007, 87 pp.).

Obras por Rosemary Ashton

Associated Works

Middlemarch (1871) — Editor, algumas edições17,638 exemplares
The Mill on the Floss (1860) — Introdução, algumas edições8,670 exemplares
Marriage (1818) — Introdução, algumas edições318 exemplares
Robert Elsmere (1888) — Editor, algumas edições104 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Ashton, Rosemary Doreen
Outros nomes
Rosemary Thomson (born as)
Data de nascimento
1947-11-04
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Ocupações
Quain Professor of English Language and Literature, University College London
Organizações
University College London
Agente
Victoria Hobbs
Nota de desambiguação
Rosemary Ashton is the author of three different books titled George Eliot: one in the Past Masters series (1983, 105 pp.), one subtitled A Life (1996, 495 pp.), and one in the Very Interesting People series (2007, 87 pp.).

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This historical work recounts the summer of 1858 in Great Britain, specifically London, during a time defined by unprecedented hot temperatures that exacerbated the foul stench of the polluted River Thames. The Great Stink, as it became known, motivated political action in Houses of Parliament and at the municipal level to clean up the river. Ashton's work also focuses on the outcomes of other legislation that year such as the legalization of divorce, new regulations for credentialing medical practitioners, and changes in the treatment of the mentally ill.

The core of this book though focuses on the lives of three major figures of the era with alliterative names: Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, and Benjamin Disraeli. In 1858, Darwin became aware that another scientist, Alfred Russel Wallace, had also devised a theory of natural selection, prompting Darwin to stop dragging his feet and begin to write and publish On the Origin of Species. Dickens, meanwhile, is in the midst of nasty split with his wife due to an affair, while also falling out with fellow writer Thackery. Disraeli is in the best position to address the Great Stink and uses his power to push through the Thames Purification Act, as well as working on other legislation such as no longer requiring Jewish MPs to swear by a Christian God.

The book is a snapshot of a single period, but it feels like a jumble that lacks a coherent theme. And the stories of the three main protagonist by necessity venture far into their lives well before and after 1858. A lot of the text reads as being gossipy, yet delivered very dryly.
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Othemts | May 21, 2018 |
The information is all in here, but not written in a way at all gripping. Unless you find lots of information and detail on this subject riveting in itself, I can't advise others to read this book. The subject matter is somewhat interesting to me, but not sufficiently so to get me very deep into this tome. Back to the library it goes!
 
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lydiasbooks | Jan 17, 2018 |

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Obras
12
Also by
4
Membros
423
Popularidade
#57,688
Avaliação
4.1
Críticas
5
ISBN
33

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