Sensational Melbourne : reading, sensation fiction and Lady Audley's secret in the Victorian metropolis
Martin, Susan K., 1961-2011
Book
Sue Martin and Kylie Mirmohamadi take us through the libraries, the shops, the tramways, the theatres, the back lanes and the drawing rooms of Marvellous Melbourne, and show how the city was built on words as much as gold.
Main title:
Sensational Melbourne : reading, sensation fiction and Lady Audley's secret in the Victorian metropolis / Susan K. Martin and Kylie Mirmohamadi.
Imprint:
North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly, c2011.
Collation:
x, 172 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Colonial Melburnians were mad about sensation fiction - full of thrills and scandal; divorce, bigamy, mistaken identity and murder. Sensational Melbourne takes us through the libraries, the shops, the tramways, the theatres, the back lanes and the drawing rooms of marvellous Melbourne, and shows how the city was built on words as much as gold. It traces the passage of the most popular novel of the nineteenth century, Lady Audley's secret, from England to Melbourne's port and through the central byways of Melbourne out through the suburbs, and into Australian literature."--Back cover.Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-170) and index.
Shelving notes:
20935 1 16-11-2011 0 arpdeb 16-11-2011 7
ISBN:
9781921875236
Dewey class:
823.80099451823.8
Language:
English
Subject:
Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915. Lady Audley's secretSuspense fiction, English -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- History -- 19th centurySuspense fiction, Australian -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- History -- 19th centurySensationalism in literature -- History -- 19th centuryMelbourne (Vic.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
BRN:
126030
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | Local History Non Fiction | LH 823.8 MART | Available |
| East Melbourne Library | Local History Reference | LH REF 823.8 MART | Not for loan (Set: 19 Sep 2017) |
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Local History Non Fiction | LH 823.8 MART | Available |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Local History Non Fiction | LH 823.8 MART | Available |
| North Melbourne Library | Local History Non Fiction | LH 823.8 MART | Available |
| North Melbourne Library | Local History Non Fiction | LH 823.8 MART | Available |
| North Melbourne Library | Local History Reference | LH REF 823.8 MART | Not for loan (Set: 19 Sep 2017) |
| Southbank Library | Local History Non Fiction | LH 823.8 MART | Available |