Below are the results of an on-going Casebook poll in which our readers
were asked to rate each book on the subject of Victorian London. Ratings
scale from 1 (lowest) to 5
(highest). You may sort the results by name, average rating, and number of votes received.
Readers should bear in mind that these results reflect only the general
popularity of each particular book. You may cast your own votes at the
bottom of each page (linked below).
Results are currently sorted by average rating.
| # |
name |
average |
votes |
graph |
| 1. |
People of the Abyss |
4.285 |
21 |
 vote! |
| 2. |
East End 1888 |
4.035 |
28 |
vote! |
| 3. |
Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in Late Victorian London |
4.000 |
1 |
vote! |
| 4. |
Victorian Pubs |
4.000 |
5 |
vote! |
| 5. |
Capital Offenses: Geographies of Class and Crime in Victorian London |
4.000 |
1 |
vote! |
| 6. |
Child of the Jago, A |
3.888 |
9 |
vote! |
| 7. |
Tales of Mean Streets |
3.818 |
11 |
vote! |
| 8. |
Rothschild Buildings |
3.666 |
6 |
vote! |
| 9. |
City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London |
3.500 |
14 |
vote! |
| 10. |
All Sorts and Conditions of Men |
3.166 |
6 |
vote! |
| 11. |
Night in a Workhouse, A |
3.166 |
12 |
vote! |
| 12. |
My Secret Life: An Erotic Diary of Victorian London |
3.000 |
2 |
vote! |
| 13. |
East End : Four Centuries of London Life, The |
3.000 |
2 |
vote! |
| 14. |
Victorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs |
3.000 |
11 |
vote! |
| 15. |
Victorian Household, A |
3.000 |
3 |
vote! |
| 16. |
Seven Curses of London, The |
2.999 |
8 |
vote! |
| 17. |
Poor Womens Lives : Gender, Work, and Poverty in Late-Victorian London |
2.666 |
3 |
vote! |
| 18. |
London 1849 : A Victorian Murder Story |
2.500 |
4 |
vote! |
| 19. |
Victorian Babylon: People, Streets and Images in Nineteenth-Century London |
2.500 |
6 |
vote! |
| 20. |
Family and Kinship in East London |
2.000 |
6 |
vote! |
| 21. |
Sin, Organized Charity, and the Poor Law in Victorian England |
1.666 |
3 |
vote! |
| 22. |
Government of Victorian London, 1855-1889: The Metropolitan Board of Works, the Vestries, and the City Corporation, The |
1.500 |
2 |
vote! |
| 23. |
From Jack the Ripper to Oscar Wilde : End of Victorias Reign |
1.500 |
2 |
vote! |
| |
| |
| total votes: | 166 | |
