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Modern Street Ballads
Paperback
Country & FolkGeneral World History
ISBN13: 9781022079205
Publisher: Legare Street Pr
Published: Jul 18 2023
Pages: 420
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book is an anthology of popular songs and ballads from the streets of 19th-century England. Compiled by John Ashton, a leading authority on English popular culture, the book offers a fascinating portrait of the people and events that captured the public's imagination in Victorian England. From tales of love and adventure to political satire and social commentary, the ballads in this collection provide a vivid window into the popular culture of their time.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
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