HeyJaredVictorian Hell
Victorian Hell is a companion to my novel, MJD, that takes place in London of the 1880s. If you're into this era, let me welcome you to hell.
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How to Drown a Barrister (and Other Splendid Victorian Investments) (opens the original)
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The Penny-a-Liner’s Feast: Ink, panic, and a crimson signature (opens the original)
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Our Lady of the Lyceum: Ellen and Oscar (opens the original)
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Although he would surely have been aware of an actress with a reputation as stellar as Ellen Terry’s, it’s believed that the first time Oscar Wilde saw her perform was when he went with David Hunter Blair, a friend from Oxford University, to see her in Tom Taylor’s comedy New Men and Old Acres at the Court Theatre, London in December 1878. Fellow Irish playwright, George Bernard Shaw, fell in love with Terry on the strength of her performance in that play.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-
Would you like to push me parsley? Looks you've plenty there to push... (opens the original)
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