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!

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Dracula's Whitby (Part Two)

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Yesterday, I started sharing the pics I've been finding of Whitby in the 1890s, but ran out of time because there are so many great ima...

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Dracula's Whitby (Part One)

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A pictorial tour of Whitby in the 1890s. Right over the town is the ruin of Whitby Abbey, which was sacked by the Danes, and which...

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Dr. Norman Shanks Kerr and the Barrel Fever

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First identified in 1813, delirium tremens is a severe form of alcohol withdrawal, also called “the DTs,” “the horrors,” “the bottleache...

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Immoral Essays by Bram Stoker

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I've been slowly reading my way through The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years , when I started laughing. One entry, wri...

Monday, February 17, 2014

Sherlock vs Creationism

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While procrastinating on actually writing my book, I've been watching documentaries that trace the origins of forensic science to Sherlo...

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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...

The World of Dress

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"It is merely a question of head," said Percy Anderson to me one day, whilst we were discussing some easy method of solving...

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