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Fifty Years Ago

Name: Fifty Years Ago
Author: Walter Besant

Walter Besant

Read by garybclayton and Jim Locke · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (6:28)
Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies (25:17)
The Year 1837 (15:03)
London in 1837 (18:48)
In the Street (23:17)
With the People (24:43)
With the Middle-Class (33:19)
In Society (21:34)
At the Play and the Show (15:34)
In the House (16:19)
At School and University (8:09)
The Tavern (18:52)
In Club- and Card-Land (10:45)
With the Wits (26:00)
Journals and Journalists (7:59)
The Sportsman (20:24)
In Factory and Mine (13:19)
With the Men of Science (7:12)
Law and Justice (32:20)
Conclusion (16:02)