City of Dreadful Delight

From tabloid exposés of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London.

Judith Walkowitz blends social history and cultural criticism to reveal complex dramas of power, politics, and sexuality in late nineteenth-century Britain.

Key events like W. T. Stead’s 1885 article on child prostitution and the 1888 Jack the Ripper murders highlight class anxieties, gender conflicts, and women's emerging voices in public discourse on sex and urban life.