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In the introduction to her bibliography of American conduct books published before 1900, Sarah E. Newton defines the conduct book as . a text that is intended for an inexperienced young adult or other youthful reader, that defines an ethical, Christian-based code of behavior, and that normally includes gender role definitions.
East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter is an 1861 English sensation novel by Ellen Wood, writing as Mrs. Henry Wood.A Victorian-era bestseller, it is remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot centering on infidelity and double identities.
Brock, M. G. "Politics at the Accession of Queen Victoria" History Today (1953) 3#5 pp 329–338 online. Brown, David, Robert Crowcroft, and Gordon Pentland, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Modern British Political History, 1800–2000 (2018) excerpt; Burton, Antoinette, ed. Politics and Empire in Victorian Britain: A Reader. Palgrave Macmillan: 2001.
A week before the attorneys general sent their joint-letter last month, Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster noted in a blog post that Craigslist manually reviews each ad in the "adult services" listings ...
Victorian juvenile fiction was normally published in single volumes; for example, while all of G. A. Henty's juvenile fiction was issued from the start in single volume editions, his adult novels such as Dorothy's Double (Chatto and Windus, London, 1894), [19]: 259 Rujub the Juggler (Chatto and Windus, London, 1895), [19]: 238 and The Queen's ...
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During Season 1 Episode 2 from 2019 of Good Omens, a Victorian style hardback book is used as a prop by the archangel Gabriel (played by Jon Hamm) as he visits the angel Aziraphale (played by Michael Sheen) at his book shop, and the binding is displayed at 1:17 into the episode. While the title of the episode is referring to a different book ...
A common Gothic influence seen in the sensation novels is the search for a secret. Moreover, crime scenes at wells or near water are symbolic of the "depth" which is a key element of Gothic fiction. The sensation novel puts a modern spin on the classic Gothic ghost stories by placing the stories in contemporary settings and this produces the ...