Candida (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- First Published: 1897
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: 1894
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, Comedy
- Subjects: Husbands, Wives, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Poetry or poets, England or English people, London, Clergy
- Locales: London, England
Places Discussed
*Hackney. Unfashionable middle-class district in northeastern London; an unattractive place, with miles of unlovely brick houses, black iron railings, stony pavements, and gray slate-roofed buildings. Most houses have front gardens whose lawns are divided by pathways from their front gates to their hall doors. Near the end of Hackney Road is Victoria Park, 217 acres of open space fenced by wooden paling. It has plenty of open grass fields, trees, a lake for swimmers, flowerbeds, and a sandpit for children to play in. A bandstand, cricket pitches, and a...
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