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BVC Announces Duke of Deception by Marissa Doyle

Duke of Deception The Ladies of Almack’s Omnibus #3 by Marissa Doyle Volumes 7 and 8 of The Ladies of Almack’s: fighting supernatural crime since

Henry Fielding Falls in Love… with Richardson’s Clarissa

Fielding’s contempt did more than just infuriate Richardson. It inspired him. While he never forgave the insult, Richardson learned from the criticism to transform his

Pamela vs. Shamela: The Origin of the First Novelist Feud, and Still the Greatest

Pamela vs. Shamela: The Origin of the First Novelist Feud, and Still the Greatest Part 1 about Pamela here. Richardson’s epistolary novel Pamela was an

The Pre-modern Post-Modern Novelist: Samuel Richardson, I mean, “The Editor”

Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded. In a Series of Familiar Letters from a Beautiful Young Damsel to her Parents. Now first published in order to cultivate

Bad Women of Trollope

Trollope’s Bad Women As I’ve shown, Trollope clearly had no preference for the patriarchy. He presented the undoubted reality that men had more power, more

Research-reading Trollope: The Garden-Variety Bad Husband

The Garden-Variety Bad Husband Now, after the operatically self-destructive Kennedy and Trevelyan, we come to a more conventionally bad husband, Ferdinand Lopez. He was an

More Research-reading Sherlock- Modern Communications– by Alicia Rasley

Sherlock and Modern Communications In 1876 Thomas Watson, a young engineer, was summoned by a peremptory British colleague: “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to

Winter Wonderland

Once upon a time (well, before 1831), two interesting facts were true: London Bridge was located somewhat further downstream on the Thames than it is

The Royal Waterloo Bath!

From the June 1819 edition of Ackermann’s Repository, may I present to you with mingled delight and horror… THE ROYAL WATERLOO BATH “This very elegant