Seattle Times

Gossip in 18th-century London

In “The School for Scandal,” gossip is not merely a pastime for tony Londoners. It is a credo and a calling. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1777 satirical comedy of manners constructs an ornate ...
Los Angeles Times

Roots of the modern novel: 18th century London streets

BOSTON — Stories of criminals, ghosts, shipwrecks and pirates swirled through the busy streets of 18th century London. Competing writers spun outlandish stories, and selling the tales was part of the ...
Publishers Weekly

Imagining the 18th Century In-Crowd

Sophie Gee is a literature professor with an Ivy League pedigree, but her imagination gives her erudition a run for its money in her first novel, The Scandal of the Season, a chronicle of the sexy, ...
Seattle Times

“The Great Stink” | Good and evil in 18th-century London

In “The Great Stink,” Clare Clark placed a story of murder against the backdrop of the sewers of Victorian London. Now, in “The Nature of Monsters,” she turns to the 18th century and a London no less ...
Yahoo

“London presented so much that he found fascinating": David Bowie’s lost theatrical project set in 18th-century London

It’s been revealed that David Bowie was working on a new project for the theatre when he died in early 2016. It was to be a musical set in 18th-century London called 'The Spectator'. Detailed notes ...
JSTOR Daily

A mechanical source of Turkish music from 18th-century London

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A late 18th-century mechanical organ, built into a clock made by Henry Borrell of London, plays melodies that sound completely unlike those ...