'She
gaslit me and turned the narrative around on me being the 'bad guy'-as a UN ambassador this was so irresponsible.'
It's not only that, in hindsight, we know that both the "doll" and its maker are on their way out, but there's also the abrupt transition from the classic Baker Street milieu, with its soupy,
gaslit backdrop, to the bucolic charms of life among England's gently rolling South Downs.
"You can feel the 19th century here,'' Ramsey said, "and imagine the
gaslit street.''
One of the men called the other "Birdy" as they debated whether they should keep Kelly, and the girl saw what seemed to be the
gaslit Bold Street of long ago with horse-drawn hansom cabs and cobbled roads.
For millions of people, the postwar decade was one of icy nights in
gaslit rooms, interminable queues, and meals composed of whale fat and tinned beef--the comically vile ingredients of a serious sacrifice that particular generation is unlikely to forget.
In my view there are two principal narrative components of "The Man of the Crowd," each inextricably linked with one another: (1) the basic "choreography" of the pursuit, i.e., one man becoming unaccountably fascinated by another and following him for a whole day (i.e., the second "half" of the tale), and (2) the backdrop for this fascination and pursuit, the crowded,
gaslit city streets, which seem to provide the perfect environment for the stalking narrator's actions, if not the trigger for them (i.e., the first half).
WHEN Georgina Brown was born in a
gaslit bedroom, the Titanic had yet to set sail and there were only 800 cars on Britain's roads.
Architect John Trosino, senior associate and project director for KlingStubbins, Philadelphia, notes that the building, like many
gaslit commercial structures of its era, was constructed of a brick perimeter over a wood interior.
Psychics and mystics will be gazing into the future, mysterious guides will tell tales of bumps in the night and traditional Halloween activities will take place in the museum's eerie
gaslit village.