“Dirt, death and disease”

What is it about?

Victorian cities were dirty, dark and dangerous. This article explains how newspapers wrote about these cities and the kind of language they used to describe living conditions there.

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Why is it important?

Newspapers were the main source of information for people living in Victorian England. They relied on them to learn about what was going on and to make sense of their lives. The article explains how certain kinds of words were deliberately used to influence how people understood what was going on around them and how their view of reality was shaped by what they read.