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The Absent Role of Tobacco in the Novel "The Yard"
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 424564"><p>I am reading <em>The Yard </em> by Alex Grecian (Berkley Books, 2012).</p><p></p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/19113155/260" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.servimg.com/u/f18/19/11/31/55/img_6457.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The novel takes place in Victorian England, in 1889 to be precise. A new inspector is investigating murders of fellow colleagues, and Saucy Jack's shadow is kind of present...</p><p></p><p>An interesting novel if it is, however, tobacco is non existant in the story. I'm at page 205 and I have yet to read about one of the characters smoking a pipe, a cigar or a cigarette. Even snuff is absent from this story.</p><p></p><p>One may choose to acknowledge, or not, the existence of tobacco in today's era. However, choosing not to acknowledge it in a novel featuring Victorian England is not only a serious breach to historical accuracy, but somehow damages the <em>ambience</em> on e would expect of the era.</p><p></p><p>Personally, continuing to read this novel will prove very difficult because of this lack. Imagine Sherlock Holmes's investigations, or Charles Dicken's novels, but with all the references to tobacco wiped out. How can one feel in Victorian England? :affraid: </p><p></p><p>A pity, truly. I would suppose that <em>The Black Country</em> and the other novels featuring the Yard "team" are alike.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 424564"] I am reading [i]The Yard [/i] by Alex Grecian (Berkley Books, 2012). [url=https://servimg.com/view/19113155/260][IMG]https://i.servimg.com/u/f18/19/11/31/55/img_6457.jpg[/IMG][/url] The novel takes place in Victorian England, in 1889 to be precise. A new inspector is investigating murders of fellow colleagues, and Saucy Jack's shadow is kind of present... An interesting novel if it is, however, tobacco is non existant in the story. I'm at page 205 and I have yet to read about one of the characters smoking a pipe, a cigar or a cigarette. Even snuff is absent from this story. One may choose to acknowledge, or not, the existence of tobacco in today's era. However, choosing not to acknowledge it in a novel featuring Victorian England is not only a serious breach to historical accuracy, but somehow damages the [i]ambience[/i] on e would expect of the era. Personally, continuing to read this novel will prove very difficult because of this lack. Imagine Sherlock Holmes's investigations, or Charles Dicken's novels, but with all the references to tobacco wiped out. How can one feel in Victorian England? :affraid: A pity, truly. I would suppose that [i]The Black Country[/i] and the other novels featuring the Yard "team" are alike. [/QUOTE]
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