Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Dorian Gray Goes Slumming (a close reading)

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"The Hooligans," by Leonard Raven-Hill (1899) In Chapter 16 of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Dori...
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Thursday, August 11, 2016

Victorian False Eyelashes

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"The beauty of the eye lies in its expression, whether it has borrowed its color from the corn flower, or shines like the black diamon...
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Monday, June 6, 2016

Dead people don't stand in photos.

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Seriously, how could they? This might be an unpopular post. One reason that myths persist long after they've been disproven is that ...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Jobs for Women: the Angel in the Workforce

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For 465 years, from 1377 to 1835 [the Ship and Turtle Tavern] was run by a succession of widows. During the Victorian era, the Ship and...
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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Snuff and Nonsense: Tobacco in the 1890s

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Jack.  Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. Lady Bracknell.  I am glad to hear it.  A man should always have an occupation of some kind.  Th...
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Monday, March 7, 2016

For Rich or Poor: Creepy Victorian Food

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Man people still didn't have a kitchen at home in the 1890s. In tenement houses, whole families lived in a single room , which mig...
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Margaret McMillan, Lady Meux's Paid Companion

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"Men come here, distinguished men, but not their women. I am outside ... It is only right to tell you, that it isn't a good thin...
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