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Victorian Literature
September 16, 2020
Jo Livingstone
The Personal History of David Copperfield
and
Emma
Are Perfect Movies for a Pandemic
Recent adaptations of the Dickens and Austen novels teach us how to foster joy in a time of fear and contagion.
October 27, 2014
Hillary Kelly
Let's Bring Back Mourning Clothes
October 22, 2014
Britt Peterson
Why Are We So Fixated on the Crimes of the Victorians?
April 22, 2013
Helen Vendler
The Tragedy in the Bedroom
A masterpiece of Victorian adultery
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