Victorian streets
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The Importance of Interpretation in the Victorian Courts
It's really difficult to access direct experience of the Victorian streets, he says. Historians are always going on a gut feeling and interpretation,. Even the reporter who is taking notes on the court case is interpreting. And I think we're fooling ourselves if we think that in the Magistrates Court or in Letters or Diaries, we're getting something that's outside of representation.
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