Tuesday, September 29, 2015

The Gentleman's Gentleman

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His day commences by seeing that his master’s dressing-room is in order; that the housemaid has swept and dusted it properly; that the fi...
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Thursday, September 24, 2015

How Bram Stoker Reanimated Mummies

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"...the consciousness of the mummy does not rest but is to be reckoned with." - Bram Stoker Why are mummies so scary? They do...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Popular Perceptions of Electricity in the 1890s

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If you lived in a major city, like London, electricity had become part of your everyday life by the 1890s. You might not have it in your...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

The Perfect Woman

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"The Crush," by Charles Dana Gibson. Perfection in humans is inarguably subjective, but as I've written a post on the perf...
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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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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Poe is nowhere, but Bram Stoker's mother is everything!

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Charlotte Matilda Blake Thornley Stoker I was going to write a blog post today about the mothers of writers in London in the 1890s, but ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Poop in (Victorian) Beards

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Nowadays, when you mention the long beard trend, most people immediately think of hipsters; I still think of the Victorians. With the news t...
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