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A book by 'demonologist' Francis Barrett. It details various occult practices, beliefs, and rituals related to demons, including different runes for summoning specific demons, artistic renderings of said demons, and what purpose they can serve. This…

This artifact is a series of images collected from The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens. The images themselves are provided by the illustrator Luke Fildes. This book is easily accessible now that penguin prints this book for the masses. But…

The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Stetson was published the same year as An International Episode by Henry James. When examining the social constructs at play in a work of literature, one should consider the world in which the work is…

This group of advertisements is found at the end of the first edition of Little Women, part second found in Manhattan College’s Fales Collection. Two pages of the advertisements list some writings by Jean Ingelow, a fellow nineteenth-century female…

The message at the beginning of the book must have been included for a purpose. This message was given to the reader in order to impact their perspective of the book before they started reading. It was giving them something to think about before…

In 1913, The Times of London printed four letters written by Charlotte Brontë to her former professor Constantin Héger. The letters are part of a correspondence that took place after Charlotte left Brussels, where she had been attending the…

This item consists of an 1869 review of Little Women published by The Athenaeum, and a review of a biography about Luisa May Alcott from The Independent, which elegantly discusses Alcott’s writing, primarily Little Women. Together the two reviews…

At the time of its dissemination, An International Episode received both praise and scrutiny from readers. A look into the periodicals of the late 19th century showcase a world of critics deeply invested in James's work. As engrossed as they were, it…

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