A Victorian con woman schemes for money and love in zesty novel. She’s not the only one
If we are to believe novelists, England in the 1700s and 1800s featured two kinds of women: those who sat at home stewing about lost suitors, and con artists. It used to be that books featured a whole ...
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How Victorian Women Were Oppressed Through the Use of Psychiatry
According to Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, an author and expert in women’s history in the United States, psychiatrists during the Victorian era—or "alienists ... the Bush, a book by Susanna ...
Romance steps back in Brockway’s latest
Best-selling author Connie Brockway to read from her latest hit, ‘Skinny Dipping,’ Thursday at Eden Prairie Library By John Molene Having conquered one world – historical romance ...
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7 Best Manga Set In The Victorian Era, Ranked
The Victorian era inspires diverse ... acclaimed for its memorable characters, interesting story and high-quality art style. In total, there are now 28 books in the series which date back to ...
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A Victorian con woman schemes for money and love in zesty novel. She’s not the only one
It used to be that books ... characters in “The Queen of Fives” — Quinn, Tor and Lady Kendal — all are women, which feels like a bracing corrective to most literature of the male-dominated ...