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The following is the story that comes before 'The Library Window' by Magaret Marie Oliphant. The story was published in the collection of stories that Oliphant had organized in 1902 along with three other stories called 'Stories Of The Seen And…

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…

Many of the Suffragettes of the 18th Century were imprisoned for going against the law to achieve women's rights. The imprisoned suffragettes went on hunger strikes; to avoid death liability the women were force-fed just like the illustration shown…

This is a photograph of Lady Constance Lytton being released from jail and marching out from the prison, immediately promoting women's rights the same day of her release. Lady Constance Lytton was one of the most influential leaders of the…

The American Woman Suffrage Association was officially enstated in 1869 created by Lucy Stone, Henry B. Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, and T.W. Higginson. Published by the American Woman Suffrage Association, Olive Schreiner first released "Three Dreams…

Baby farming is the historical practice of accepting custody of an infant or child in exchange for payment in late-Victorian Era Britain and, less commonly, in Australia and the United States. Amelia Dyer participated in baby farming, but instead of…

St. Gerome was a European artist, who designed the beautifully detailed illustrations for Olive Schreiner's "Dreams". The book itself was printed on hand-made Roycroft watermarked paper, while the illustrations were inked with brown ink. The elegant…

Though not from the Victorian era, this article is about the first horoscope ever put in print. On August 24th, 1930, Scottish publisher John Rutherford Gordon put to print a horoscope for Princess Margaret to commemorate her birth in the Sunday…