Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation [Audiobook] download free by James A. Secord
- Listen audiobook: Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
- Author: James A. Secord
- Release date: 2003/12/27
- Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Natural History
- ISBN: 9780226744117
- Rating: 8.84 of 10
- Votes: 689
- Review by: Nikia Burk
- Review rating: 8.01 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/15
- Duration: 7H45M16S in 256 kbps (124.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-27
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: TTA, MP3, WAV, MPEG4, WMA, FLAC (compression EML, LZMA, RAR, ZIP, BZ2, CAB)
- Total pages original book: 624
- Includes a PDF summary of 59 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 42M7S (11.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Fiction or philosophy, profound knowledge or shocking heresy? When 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era. Thousands of readers were spellbound by its startling vision - an account of the world that extended from the formation of the solar system to the spiritual destiny of humanity. The book was banned, it was damned, it was hailed as the gospel for a new age. In this cultural history, James Secord uses the story of 'Vestiges' to create a panoramic portrait of life in the early industrial era from the perspective of its readers. We join apprentices in a factory town as they debate the consequences of an evolutionary ancestry. We listen as Prince Albert reads aloud to Queen Victoria from a book that preachers denounced as blasphemy vomited from the mouth of Satan. And we watch as Charles Darwin turns its pages in the flea-ridden British Museum library, fearful for the fate of his own unpublished theory of evolution. Using secret letters, Secord reveals how 'Vestiges' was written and how the anonymity of its author was maintained for 40 years.He also takes us behind the scenes to a bustling world of publishers, printers, and booksellers to show how the furor over the book reflected the emerging industrial economy of print.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Literary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900, Natural History Books, European History, Evolution, History Of Science, Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 55.11 USD
- Dimensions: 136x227x34.54mm
- Weight: 868g
- Printed by: University of Chicago Press
- Published in: Chicago, IL, United States
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