Tag Archives: Victoriana

Season’s Greetings 2008

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Kenneth Sutton

Illustration of mummers from Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal and Popular Antiquities, Charles Knight and Co., Ludgate Street, London, 1845

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An amazing resource

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Kenneth Sutton

The Old Bailey Online has not only “The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913,” but also extensive background materials. A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal … Continue reading →

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Phineas Finn

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Kenneth Sutton

And, in a break from political videos, I should report that I finished Anthony Trollope’s Phineas Finn, which introduces yet another misguided, modestly dissipated youth who doesn’t know his own mind, in this case the title character. There are also … Continue reading →

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Can You Forgive Her?

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Kenneth Sutton

I continue my Anthony Trollope kick, this time starting the Palliser series of novels. Can You Forgive Her? is a rhetorical question that quite obviously is intended to be answered, “of course.” But I found Alice Vavasor to be tediously … Continue reading →

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