The Athenæum's mixed review of the published novel is also attributed to Jewsbury
. It ostensibly applauds the book's readability and pluck while implicitly criticizing its implausibility. The characters, for example, are described as...
Timeline
March 1835: Madame Tussaud, now in her mid-seventies,...
Building item
March 1835
Madame Tussaud
, now in her mid-seventies, established her waxworks exhibition at the Bazaar on Baker Street in London, after touring England, Ireland, and Scotland for over thirty years.
Altick, Richard D. The Shows of London. Belknap Press, 1978.
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Pilbeam, Pamela. Madame Tussaud and the History of Waxworks. Hambledon and London, 2003.
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1852: The Rev. Mr Bennet, Puseyite rector of St...
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1852
The Rev. Mr Bennet
, Puseyite rector of St Barnabas in Pimlico, was immortalised in Madame Tussaud
's wax museum.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
