The De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values Paperback - 1996
by Gertrude Himmelfarb
As the debate over values grows ever more divisive, one of the most eminent historians of the Victorian era reminds readers that values are no substitute for virtues--and that the Victorian considered hard work, thrift, respectability, and charity virtues essential to a worthwhile life. "An elegant, literate defense of ninteenth-century English mores and morals".--New York.
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"Manners and morals"-the expression is unmistakably Victorian.
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Critical Acclaim for David Pirie's "The Patient's Eyes
"It is the combination of style and scholarship...that gives this atmospheric yarn the heightened thrill of intellectual challenge."--"The New York Times Book Review
"A satisfying Borgesian mix of library riddle, fact, and conjecture, which sidesteps the well-trodden route as a way of investigating Doyle's troubled beginnings."-"The Guardian
"A witty elegant conceit...charged with full-blooded melodrama. Pirie creates a convincing Victorian world of eerie moors and fearless detectives, impenetrable ciphers, and strange hooded assassins. Even the novel's villain, the monstrous naturalist Charles Blythe, is a quintessentially Doylean creation.... This is a pacey, enjoyable yarn, with a surprising twist, that ranks with the best of the Doyle canon."-"The Times Literary Supplement
"Truly frightening...David Pirie is delving into the real' origins of the casebooks."-"Time Out
"Read of the week. David Pirie has imagined a much closer association (between Doyle and Bell) of a Holmes-and-Watson kind though scarred with the unquestionably real tragedy of Doyle's alcoholic father and with imaginary melodramas... The idea is a better one than the innumerable...attempts by authors to capitalize on the Holmes name by putting him in concoctions of their own...If David Pirie ever writes a detective of his own I want to read him."-"The Scotsman
"Not a novelization but a well-crafted and absorbing novel satisfying in its own right...far more entertaining and engrossing than so many Holmes pastiches that tread familiar paths...a recommended read.""-Sherlock Holmes Magazine
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- Title The De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values
- Author Gertrude Himmelfarb
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Vintage Book
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date January 30, 1996
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780679764908 / 0679764909
- Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 8.74 x 5.58 x 0.81 in (22.20 x 14.17 x 2.06 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Dewey Decimal Code 303.372
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- Publishers Weekly, 01/01/1996, Page 0
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