The Race for Wealth

Charlotte Riddell’s The Race for Wealth, first serialized in Once a Week and published in book form in 1866, revolves around two themes: adulteration and adultery. It is both a business novel, exploring the ambiguities of commerce and trade, and a sensational novel, pushing the boundaries of conventionality. Set in eastern London, the novel is replete with topical references to popular culture, contemporaneous urban developments, financial legislation, the history of the City of London and the adulteration debate that was raging at the time.

Old Nichol Slum

One of London’s most notorious slums by the end of the nineteenth century, Old Nichol Slum was located in the east end, between High Street, Shoreditch, and Hackney Road in the north, and Spitalfields in the south.

Wych Street

Demolished around 1901, Wych Street stretched westward from the church of St. Clement Danes on the Strand and intersected with the southern end of Drury Lane at the Olympic Theatre, just north of the Strand.

Oude/Awadh

This region in India is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Originally established as part of the Mughal empire, its original capital was Faizabad, though the capital was later moved to Lucknow.

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