Goldfish in the Parlour

by John Simons

Book Overview

"For the first time, fish became our companions and a corner of many a Victorian parlour was given over to housing tiny fragments of their world enclosed in glass."

The experience of seeing a fish swimming in a glass tank is one we take for granted now but in Victorian England this was a remarkable sight. People had simply not been able to see fish as they now could with the invention of the aquarium and everything that went with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1743328729
• ISBN13: 9781743328729
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Sydney University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"