The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends /

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A scarily skilled critical examination of Victorian-era urban legends.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Young, Simon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • The NAIL in the SKULL and Other VICTORIAN URBAN LEGENDS
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Baby Picnic
  • 2. Beetle Eyes
  • 3. The Bosom Serpent
  • 4. Buried Alive
  • 5. The Cautious Druggist
  • 6. Child Pie
  • 7. The Chimney Boy
  • 8. Chloroformed!
  • 9. Covert Catholics
  • 10. Cycling Afflictions
  • 11. Death Dice
  • 12. Devil Take Me!
  • 13. Do You Know Her?
  • 14. Downie's Slaughter
  • 15. Dressing the Workhouse Corpse
  • 16. Drugged on a Train
  • 17. The Eagle and the Baby
  • 18. Egg Ring
  • 19. Familiar Enemies
  • 20. Fish Ring
  • 21. The Galvanic Convict
  • 22. The Ghost in Search of Help
  • 23. Ghost Wager
  • 24. Ghostly Donation
  • 25. Hands in the Muff
  • 26. Harem Prisoner
  • 27. Hero Survives
  • 28. Hollow Tree Death
  • 29. Human Sausages
  • 30. I Lost the Ring Here
  • 31. I'm Jack the Ripper!
  • 32. Immured Lovers
  • 33. The Injured Garotter
  • 34. Jolting the Coffin
  • 35. The Judge and the Foreman
  • 36. The Lady and the Ring
  • 37. The Lawyer and the Poisoned Cakes
  • 38. The Long Pack
  • 39. Message in a Hat
  • 40. A Million Postage Stamps
  • 41. The Mistletoe Bride
  • 42. A Modern Jonah!
  • 43. Nail in the Coffin
  • 44. The Nail in the Skull
  • 45. The Omnibus Driver's Holiday
  • 46. One Little Piggy
  • 47. Paying for His Burial
  • 48. The Pickpocket's Ring
  • 49. Poison Duel
  • 50. Prayers and the Thief
  • 51. The Red Hand!
  • 52. The Returned Watch
  • 53. Selling Sovereigns
  • 54. Sewer Monsters
  • 55. She's My Daughter?
  • 56. Shooting at a Ghost
  • 57. The Shoplifter's Dilemma
  • 58. The Skeletons That Eloped
  • 59. The Spanish Prisoner
  • 60. The Suicide Club
  • 61. Swallowed Up
  • 62. The Tell-Tale Eye
  • 63. Tick Tock
  • 64. There's Gold in Those Sewers
  • 65. Tunnel Kissing
  • 66. The Vanishing Lady
  • 67. Watch the Clock
  • 68. Wild Thing
  • 69. The Wrong Bed
  • 70. The Wrong Trousers
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author

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