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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 290
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Barbarous Torture

13/10/1855

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Author [?] Browne or Brown [2]
Genre Prose: Sketch i
Subjects Beauty, Personal; Grooming; Appearance (Philosophy); Physiognomy
Fashion; Fashion History; Clothing and Dress; Millinery; Textile Crafts; Textile Design; Cotton; Cotton Manufacture
Great Britain—Commerce
Great Britain—Social Life and Customs
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 290
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Yellowknights

13/10/1855

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Author George Augustus Sala
Genre Prose: Essay i
Subjects Civilization—Classical
Great Britain—History
Theatre; Performing Arts; Performing; Dance; Playwriting; Circus
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 290
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The Present

13/10/1855

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Author Adelaide Anne Procter
Genre Poetry: Lyric i
Subject Progress; Memory; Commemoration; Nostaliga; Time—Social Aspects; Time—Psychological Aspects; Time perception;
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 290
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Author Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Genre Prose: Serial Fiction i
Subjects Ethics; Morals; Moral Development; Moral Education; Philosophy; Values
Family Life; Families; Domestic Relations; Sibling Relations; Kinship; Home;
Marriage; Courtship; Love; Sex
People with Disabilities; Human Body—Social Aspects; Human Bodies in Literature
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 290
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Bound for Brazil

13/10/1855

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Author Samuel Sidney
Genre Prose: Report i
Subjects Latin America—Description and Travel
Ships; Boats; Shipwrecks; Salvage; Merchant Marine; Sailors; Sailing; Submarines (Ships)
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 290
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Sunday Music

13/10/1855

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Author George Augustus Sala
Subjects Music; Musical Instruments; Songs; Singing; Opera
Popular Culture; Amusements
Religion; Religion and Culture
Religion—Christianity—General
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 291
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An Enemy's Charge

20/10/1855

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Author Henry Morley
Genres Cross-genre i
Prose: Digest; Review i
Prose: Leading Article i
Prose: Report i
Subjects Great Britain—Politics and Government
Great Britain—Social Conditions—Nineteenth Century
Great Britain—Social Life and Customs
Health; Diseases; Personal Injuries; Hygiene; Cleanliness—Fiction
London (England)—Description and Travel
Public Health; Sanitation; Water
Religion; Religion and Culture
Religion—Christianity—Church of England
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William H. Hale, Intramural Burial ...Not Injurious to the Public Health, 1855.

Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 291
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An Excursion Train

20/10/1855

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Author Robert Barnabus Brough
Genres Cross-genre i
Prose: Report i
Prose: Short Fiction i
Subjects Character; Character Sketches; Caricature
Great Britain—Description and Travel
Great Britain—Social Life and Customs
Popular Culture; Amusements
Railroads
Social classes; Class distinctions; Aristocracy (Social Class); Aristocracy (Social Class)—Fiction; Middle Class; Working Class; Servants;
Travel; Tourism; Hotels; Resorts; Seaside Resorts—Fiction; Passports;
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 291
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Author James Payn
Genre Prose: Travel-writing i
Subjects Great Britain—Description and Travel
Ships; Boats; Shipwrecks; Salvage; Merchant Marine; Sailors; Sailing; Submarines (Ships)
Travel; Tourism; Hotels; Resorts; Seaside Resorts—Fiction; Passports;
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 291
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Author Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Genre Prose: Serial Fiction i
Subjects Country Life; Rural Conditions; Rural Conditions in Literature; Rural Development
Family Life; Families; Domestic Relations; Sibling Relations; Kinship; Home;
Health; Diseases; Personal Injuries; Hygiene; Cleanliness—Fiction
Medical care; Nursing; Hospitals; Hospital Care; Surgery; Medicine; Physicians
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 291
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Author Eustace Clare Grenville Murray
Genre Prose: Travel-writing i
Subjects Europe, Eastern—Description and Travel; Europe, Central—Description and Travel
Europe—Description and Travel
Europe—Politics and Government
Europe—Social Life and Customs
Germany—Description and Travel; Austria—Description and Travel
Germany—Politics and Government; Austria—Politics and Government
Germany—Social Life and Customs; Austria—Social Life and Customs
National Characteristics; Nationalism
Travel; Tourism; Hotels; Resorts; Seaside Resorts—Fiction; Passports;
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 291
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Truffles

20/10/1855

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Author Edmund Saul Dixon
Genres Cross-genre i
Prose: Essay i
Prose: Short Fiction i
Subjects Food; Cooking; Gastronomy; Alcohol; Bars (Drinking Establishments); Restaurants; Dinners and Dining
France—Description and Travel
France—Social Life and Customs
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 292
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Author Samuel Sidney
Genres Prose: Leading Article i
Prose: Short Fiction i
Subjects Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Gardening; Horticulture
Architecture; Building; Housing; Property; Landlord and Tenant;
Family Life; Families; Domestic Relations; Sibling Relations; Kinship; Home;
Money; Finance; Banking; Investments; Taxation; Insurance; Debt; Inheritance and Succession
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 292
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Nostradamus

27/10/1855

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Author Reverend James White
Genres Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Prose: Digest; Review i
Prose: History i
Subjects Astrology
France—History
Supernatural; Superstition; Spiritualism; Clairvoyance; Mesmerism; Ghosts; Fairies; Witches; Magic; Occultism
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Based partly on Eugène Bareste, Nostradamus (1840).

Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 292
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Tardy Justice

27/10/1855

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Author Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury
Genre Prose: History i
Subjects Crime; Criminals; Punishment; Capital Punishment; Prisons; Penal Transportation; Penal Colonies
France—History
Law; Lawyers; Justice; Courts; Trials
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 292
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A Ladies' Warehouse

27/10/1855

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Author Samuel Sidney
Genre Prose: Report i
Subjects Fashion; Fashion History; Clothing and Dress; Millinery; Textile Crafts; Textile Design; Cotton; Cotton Manufacture
Gender Identity; Women; Men; Femininity; Masculinity
Industries; Industrial Revolution—Great Britain; Industrialization; Industrial Safety; Industrial Laws and Legislation; Industrial Welfare; Industrial Relations;
Machinery; Machinery in the Workplace; Machinery Industry; Machinery Industry—Automation
Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing; Factories; Factory Management; Industrial Waste
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 292
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A City Weed

27/10/1855

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Author William Duthie
Genre Poetry: Lyric i
Subjects Ethics; Morals; Moral Development; Moral Education; Philosophy; Values
Nature; Nature (Aesthetics); Nature in Literature; Landscapes
Urbanization; Urban Life and Landscapes
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 292
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The Post-Mistress

27/10/1855

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Author Harriet Parr
Genre Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Subjects Communication; Telegraph; Postal Service
Country Life; Rural Conditions; Rural Conditions in Literature; Rural Development
Friendship
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 292
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Author Eustace Clare Grenville Murray
Genre Prose: Travel-writing i
Subjects Europe—Description and Travel
Europe—Social Life and Customs
Railroads
Travel; Tourism; Hotels; Resorts; Seaside Resorts—Fiction; Passports;
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Household Words > Volume XII > Magazine No. 293
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Author Charles Dickens
Genres Prose: Essay i
Prose: Leading Article i
Subjects Crimean War, 1853-1856
Great Britain—Armed Forces; Militias
Great Britain—Politics and Government
Great Britain—Social Life and Customs
Law; Lawyers; Justice; Courts; Trials
Money; Finance; Banking; Investments; Taxation; Insurance; Debt; Inheritance and Succession
Social classes; Class distinctions; Aristocracy (Social Class); Aristocracy (Social Class)—Fiction; Middle Class; Working Class; Servants;
Work; Work and Family; Occupations; Professions; Wages
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The 'famous golden calf' Dickens refers to in paragraph 2 was George Hudson, the so-called 'Railway King', who had been much courted by the upper classes anxious to obtain shares during the 'railway mania' of 1844-1847 (see Punch cartoon, 'King Hudson's Levee', 29 November 1845) and became MP for Sunderland in 1845.

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