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Victorian Sensation
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Marvelous. . . . An impressive, timely, and important book. Secord crosses disciplines with the effortless elegance of an intellectual athlete." Spectator> When "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era, startling, scandalizing, or invigorating more than one hundred thousand readers with its vision of the solar system's formation and humanity's evolution. In this pioneering history, James A. Secord uses the story of Vestiges to create a panoramic portrait of life in the early industrial era, uncovering the bustling world of publishers, printers, and booksellers that made such upheaval possible and revealing the secrets of the text's authorship.
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