‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ acts against the patterns of behaviour and expected norms of ‘The Angel in the House’ figure...
Category: The Victorians
The Victorian Country House: Morality, Domesticity & Organisation
Running a household in Victorian England had become a science – with tasks to be delegated and a system of categorised activity for those at every level of society...
Thoughts on A Victorian Lady’s Guide to Fashion and Beauty by Mimi Matthews
If you're a costume drama aficionado, you'll be no stranger to the great many changes to the silhouette in the Victorian era: from the giddying heights and bustling skirts of the high Victorian through the no-nonsense hour glass silhouette and cyclist pantaloons of the late Victorian...