Download online books pdf The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age by John Woolf in English PDB CHM 9781643132921
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The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age by John Woolf
- The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age
- John Woolf
- Page: 336
- Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
- ISBN: 9781643132921
- Publisher: Pegasus Books
Download online books pdf The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age by John Woolf in English PDB CHM 9781643132921
Overview
A radical new history that rediscovers the remarkable freak performers whose talents and charisma helped define an era. On March 23, 1844, General Tom Thumb, just 25 inches tall, entered the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and bowed low to Queen Victoria. On both sides of the Atlantic, this meeting marked a tipping point in the nineteenth century, and the age of the freak was born. Bewitching all levels of society, it was a world of curiosities and astonishing spectacle—of dwarfs, giants, bearded ladies, Siamese twins, and swaggering showmen. But the real stories—human dramas that so often eclipsed the fantasy presented on the stage—of the performing men, women and children, have been forgotten or marginalized in the histories of the very people who exploited them. In this richly evocative account, John Woolf uses a wealth of recently discovered material to bring to life the sometimes tragic, sometimes triumphant, always extraordinary stories of people who used their (dis)abilities and difference to become some of the first international celebrities. Through their lives we discover afresh some of the great transformations of the age: the birth of show business, of celebrity, of advertising, and of “alternative facts” while also exploring the tensions between the power of fame, the impact of exploitation, and our fascination with “otherness.”
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