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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 name.

 #   name   average   votes   graph 
 1.   All Sorts and Conditions of Men   3.166   6   All Sorts and Conditions of Men - 3.166 vote!
 2.   Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in Late Victorian London   4.000   1   Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in Late Victorian London - 4.000 vote!
 3.   Capital Offenses: Geographies of Class and Crime in Victorian London   4.000   1   Capital Offenses: Geographies of Class and Crime in Victorian London - 4.000 vote!
 4.   Child of the Jago, A   3.888   9   Child of the Jago, A - 3.888 vote!
 5.   City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London   3.500   14   City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London - 3.500 vote!
 6.   East End 1888   4.035   28   East End 1888 - 4.035 vote!
 7.   East End : Four Centuries of London Life, The   3.000   2   East End : Four Centuries of London Life, The - 3.000 vote!
 8.   Family and Kinship in East London   2.000   6   Family and Kinship in East London - 2.000 vote!
 9.   From Jack the Ripper to Oscar Wilde : End of Victorias Reign   1.500   2   From Jack the Ripper to Oscar Wilde : End of Victorias Reign - 1.500 vote!
 10.   Government of Victorian London, 1855-1889: The Metropolitan Board of Works, the Vestries, and the City Corporation, The   1.500   2   Government of Victorian London, 1855-1889: The Metropolitan Board of Works, the Vestries, and the City Corporation, The - 1.500 vote!
 11.   London 1849 : A Victorian Murder Story   2.500   4   London 1849 : A Victorian Murder Story - 2.500 vote!
 12.   My Secret Life: An Erotic Diary of Victorian London   3.000   2   My Secret Life: An Erotic Diary of Victorian London - 3.000 vote!
 13.   Night in a Workhouse, A   3.166   12   Night in a Workhouse, A - 3.166 vote!
 14.   People of the Abyss   4.285   21   People of the Abyss - 4.285 vote!
 15.   Poor Womens Lives : Gender, Work, and Poverty in Late-Victorian London   2.666   3   Poor Womens Lives : Gender, Work, and Poverty in Late-Victorian London - 2.666 vote!
 16.   Rothschild Buildings   3.666   6   Rothschild Buildings - 3.666 vote!
 17.   Seven Curses of London, The   2.999   8   Seven Curses of London, The - 2.999 vote!
 18.   Sin, Organized Charity, and the Poor Law in Victorian England   1.666   3   Sin, Organized Charity, and the Poor Law in Victorian England - 1.666 vote!
 19.   Tales of Mean Streets   3.818   11   Tales of Mean Streets - 3.818 vote!
 20.   Victorian Babylon: People, Streets and Images in Nineteenth-Century London   2.500   6   Victorian Babylon: People, Streets and Images in Nineteenth-Century London - 2.500 vote!
 21.   Victorian Household, A   3.000   3   Victorian Household, A - 3.000 vote!
 22.   Victorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs   3.000   11   Victorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs - 3.000 vote!
 23.   Victorian Pubs   4.000   5   Victorian Pubs - 4.000 vote!
 
 
total votes:166 


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