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The passage itself seeks to interrogate the role of fiction in relation to the people of the time period. It describes in a sense how people tend to be attracted to fiction due to our imagination. In earlier times the popular tales would be stories…

In this article, it speaks about palmistry and seems to be very skeptical of the whole situation and everything it entails. A majority of the article is questions relating to palmistry and why it is necessary. When reading this, it made me think of…

This is a painting from an unknown artist about the moment in the short story when Lord Arthur is getting his hands read. I think the way the artist portrayed the party scene was particularly interesting because during the chaotic display, there is…

This episode is about a man who is looking to make money so he gets hired to become a video game tester for a really successful Japanese company. This game is a spin on virtual reality, with a chip implanted in him rather than a headset, he has to…

The first of these two images depicts the cover of The Strand Magazine during the July 1891 publication in which "A Scandal in Bohemia" was originally produced. The second image depicts a later cover from The Strand, published in January 1896.…

In this essay, it is discussed that women are now able to be employed into libraries. This is due to the fact that the male workers are now realizing that they could do something better. It is interesting to note because women weren't able to go into…

In this article, it describes the gender discovery of Mary Mudge. She was originally born a male and it was only when she died that it was discovered who she really was. From the description of who she was during her life, it sounded as if she tried…

When I was looking for an item, I thought about Thomas Hardy's "An Imaginative Woman" and the certain passage about Ella being referred to as an author specifically when the text was talking about her expecting her third child. This got me thinking…

In this Christmas 1866 issue of All The Year Round, the stories featured are Charles Dickens' "The Signalman," Andrew Halliday's, "The Engine-Driver," and Amelia B. Edwards, "The Engineer" amongst others. It is worth noting that "The Signalman"…

Many of Thomas Hardy's works take place in Wessex, which is named after the Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed before the unification of England. Many real towns in southern and southwestern England have been renamed in Hardy's Wessex, and this map may…