Based on a suggestion from K, i have checked some more books out of the library. I've been doing lots of reading, even though i haven't posted in a couple of days; i'm just giving what I've read a while to filter through and fit into place if that makes sense?
I wanted to have a bit of a break and read some fiction, so I've started reading Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon. It's not my usual reading preference, but it's a welcome change and i haven't actually rolled my eyes at it yet! ;)
I've only read the first few chapters, so i can't really comment on the book as a whole yet, but so far it's good.
Anyway, back to the reading, writing and making sense of freaking victorian ideas...
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Lady Audley's Secret is the other side of Jenni Calder's account of beliefs about the Victorian home and the role of women. I hope you enjoy it. There are quite a lot of Victorian authors worth reading for a sense of the time - Rhoda Broughton and Mrs Henry Wood, for instance. (East Lynne is a book I enjoyed rather guiltily - it was a best-seller.) You may also want to look up Arthur Munby and Hannah Cullwick - don't miss the photos.
Don't forget to look at Victorian buildings.
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