Curiosities of London Life

In this collection of sketches, Charles Manby Smith gives us privileged and unique insight into the nineteenth-century metropolis and all its varied curiosities, allowing us peek behind the scenes at London’s roguery. It is the sheer scope of these sketches of Victorian lives and societal issues that ensures Manby Smith’s work the status of one of the most important contributions to our depiction of nineteenth-century life in the lower echelons of London’s society, making it a must-read for lovers of Victorian Britain.