Showing posts with label H.G. Wells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label H.G. Wells. Show all posts
Thursday, September 4, 2014

H.G. Wells and the OED

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In honor of my side project, the Dictionary of Victorian Insults & Niceties , this post explores H.G. Wells contributions to the Engli...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

The Triumphs of a Taxidermist

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I usually love the macabre, but my husband thinks taxidermy is appalling. After reading H.G. Wells' The Triumphs of a Taxidermist (1894)...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

We're All Friends Here!

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The more I read about the lives of writers in London in the 1890s, the more interconnected they seem. I feel compelled to sit down one of...
Monday, August 12, 2013

Degeneration, Decadence & Drink

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First published as Entartung (1892), Max Nordau’s major work was published in English as Degeneration in 1895. In Degeneration, Nordau tran...
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Thursday, July 18, 2013

The Savoy Hotel

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Though many writers in the 1890s were starving artists to be sure, some writers grew very wealthy. Oscar Wilde is certainly an example o...
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Friday, June 7, 2013

Contemporary Writers in the 1890s Part 2: William Gibson

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This was sort of the first one that I wanted to post in my series of Contemporary Writers in London in the 1890s because I wrote all of my g...
Friday, April 12, 2013

War of the Worlds Book Cover Collection

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Ever go for a walk with someone, maybe your brother, and start talking about something crazy, like what if aliens or zombies descended on th...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The Bodley Head

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When I think of controversial books in the 1890s, Dracula and The Picture of Dorian Gray are the first to come to mind. I also think o...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Love Doodles

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H.G. Wells second marriage was unconventional, but I think most things that writers did with their hearts in the 1890s were unconventional. ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

A Bunch of Hairy Men

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Hall Caine's photo in yesterday's post got me thinking about some of the late-Victorian writers' funny faces. Hall's face...