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‘Flanders writes with absorbing detail and elegant analysis.' Sunday Times
'Judith Flanders's wonderfully entertaining book…a vigorously written, fact–filled cornucopia…it has nuggets of interest on every page.' Sunday Telegraph
‘Her account of how the Victorian age democratised pleasure and ordinary convenience should become a classic.’ Independent on Sunday
‘Flanders’s book is suitably fat and fact-packed…this is a generous survey of a world that is both far stranger and far more familiar than the one we think we know.’ Daily Telegraph
'Flanders is deft at making connections.' Observer
‘“Consuming Passions” tells the story of Victorian leisure and pleasure as an interrelated and intricate set of transformations…a fascinating, bewildering, marvel-crammed quest.’ Guardian
‘It is a world explored with much wit and insight…Flanders is excellent…It's a rich mix [and]…fluently written…It has every chance of becoming a bestseller.’ Sunday Telegraph
‘…her book, which is about the ways our forebears enjoyed themselves, is itself pure pleasure from beginning to end… [Flanders] is encyclopaedic in her range…This book is packed with goodies as a rich Victorian Dundee cake. Seldom has painstaking academic research been put to better use to produce a work which is pure joy. Every page crammed with interest.’ Daily Mail
‘A richly detailed work that translates a wealth of research with a light and readable touch.' Guardian
‘Formidable…[an] excellent study…a major achievement.’ Observer
'Full of fascinating nuggets, this book puts our modern obsession with buying stuff firmly into context. Reverting and revealing.' Time Out
‘If there’s a better social history this year, then I will eat my crinoline.’Sue Baker, Publishing News
‘Bulging bran-tub of a book, wonderfully rich and hugely enjoyable…There is something dizzily acrobatic about the mountains of evidence she constructs, and she produces her punch lines with a conjuror’s panache.’ The Sunday Times
‘Flanders is engagingly precise.’ FT Magazine
'Judith Flanders offers an absorbing insight into how the Victorians spent their leisure time…whatever your interests, Flanders's book is a detailed account that will please all readers.' Daily Telegraph
'A fascinating, kaleidoscopic exploration of what Victorians did for fun.' thelondonpaper
'Deeply satisfying…Bursting with original research and statistics, it gives a panoramic view of Victorians at play.' Country Life
'I don't think anybody could read this book without learning something new and finding things of interest. Flanders has an eye for piquant details.' Spectator
'”Consuming Passions” is an absorbing Gladstone bag of a book, from which curious items spill out in delightful profusion, some familiar, some very strange indeed.' Literary Review
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It provides insight into diverse subjects as circulating libraries, the growth of the shop, music broadsheets, art, excursions, football and the theatre. Its main failing is that its index is simply not up to the job. I have often had to try to remember where I read a particular bit about Assembly Rooms, or railways - -this can be slightly annoying. The bibliography is excellent.
But the criticism is minor compared to the wealth of information Ms Flanders provides.
Anyone who is interested in the period, and in particular any historical novelist of the period should have this book on their shelves for easy reference.
The impression that you get reading the book is that Judith Flanders made enormous numbers of notes, then, without reviewing the material critically or discarding anything, rough sorted them by topic, and then sat down to write. For the reader, the result is like wandering through thick woodland, coming across remarkable trees and delightful open spaces, but without the least idea of where you're going, or what's going to happen next.
This makes it a good book to pick up and open at random, but attempting to read it from end to end is a deeply frustrating experience.
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