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, 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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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Jack the Ripper in Popular Culture

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Jack the Ripper is the most legendary terror of late-Victorian London. I've written about him before , and it's the legacy that the ...

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Jack the Ripper Found At Last!

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The signature on a letter dated 29 October 1888 written by a person claiming to be Jack the Ripper that was sent to Doctor Thomas Openshaw...

Monday, March 10, 2014

Spy Cameras & Blackmail

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The Victorian sensation novel is evidence that Victorians loved intrigue as much as we do, with all of our murder-mystery television series....

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

The German Professor in Dracula

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Remember the German professor, Max Windschoeffel, in Dracula ? No? That's because there wasn't one. Bram Stoker wrote him out or, ra...

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Talking to the Dead

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Do you believe in ghosts? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did! The idea of communicating with the dead fascinated him and leaves me puzzling over how...

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