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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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

Oliphant moved to Windsor in 1866 after the death of her last daughter. Her sons were there studying; she joined them to aid in their upbringing. She was also housing her brother and his children at the time. The three men in the picture are…

Queen Victoria's biography was published with the author stated as, "Mrs. Oliphant." It's easy to infer that this was in fact Margaret Oliphant, with the Queen being a vocal fan of her work. At the conclusion of the biography, in between it and the…

This article has a paragraph that describes a crime that a man was convicted of that was very similar to what Lord Arthur Savile’s first attempted to kill his elderly relative. In which a man was sentence to death after attempted to kill a lady…

Jeffries acknowledges the dangers of having a color-blind employee on the railroad, whether as a conductor or signalman. Reds, greens, or yellows will appear on signals not intended for those colors depending on an employees type of color blindness,…