The public knows no era better for ghost stories, vampire fiction, and superstition than the Victorian era. The arrival of science began to dispel old myths, but many authors clung to the “old ways” through an upturn in Gothic Fiction, and the Victorian era also produced many of the most popular classic novelists. Dickens took long walks in the dingy London streets. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes ran wild in the imaginations of impressionable readers. The Brontë sisters penned famous novels in the moors. Penny Dreadful sold on each street corner. Jack the Ripper scandalized Europe with his gruesome murders. And… the world continues to look to the Victorian Era for inspiration, for harrowing tales, and for glimpses of humanity’s darker natures.
In this issue, we feature six Victorian-era topics for you to savor on a chilly October afternoon.
IN THIS ISSUE:
A Maddening Crowd of Suitors, by Rachel Sexton
The Elephant Man, by Scarlett Grant
Dangerous Illusions: The Women of Beguiled, by Charity Bishop
The Brontë Sisters, by Victoria Leigh
Haunted by the Hound, by Rachel Kovaciny
The Turn of the Screw, by Carol Starkey
Join us November 1st for a sneak preview into our next issue, Through Time.
