"Superbly researched, often passionately eloquent, and enthralling throughout."--"Washington Post Book World "When Virginia Woolf wrote "A Room of One's Own "in 1929, she established her reputation as a feminist, and an advocate for unheard voices. But like thousands of other upper-class British wom[...]
This book was shortlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize. "A remarkable achievement...should become a classic." (Margaret Drabble). "Light writes beautifully...Common People is part memoir, part thrilling social history of the England of the Industrial Revolution, but above all a work of quiet po[...]