Writers in London in the 1890s

A blog dedicated to the research tangents of one writer, while writing about writers in London in the 1890s. Find fun and curious tidbits about Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, and many others!

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Top 10 Wildean Insults

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Known for his wit, many of Oscar Wilde's insults are too convoluted to throw out during an argument, but these one-liners have got yo...

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Top 30 Obsolete 1890s Words

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Today, I'm writing a scene, in which one of my characters uses some harsh late-Victorian language. This, of course, lead me to the Oxfo...

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Top 10 Weird Ads/Products of the 1890s

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Hindsight makes aspects of the past comical. Looking back on the 1890s, we also have roughly 120 years of new information, information that ...

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Sunday, September 15, 2013

The Ten Best Restaurants in London

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While feeling extremely distractible and editing a scene in which my characters are out for an evening in London, I came across this wonderf...

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