Thomas Worth’s 1872 illustration for the Household Edition of The Old Curiosity Shop highlights her grandfather’s grief at losing Little Nell. (Thomas Worth via George P. Landow/Victorian Web) Modern ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrea Kaston Tange, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) Modern medicine has enabled ...
Child labor horrors: Young children worked dangerous jobs in factories and mines While Victorian culture sentimentalized childhood innocence through literature, art, and public rhetoric about ...
It is hardly news to say that, in his famous opening lines for A Tale of Two Cities – “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” – Charles Dickens was remarkably prescient about how his ...
The Victorian government will make public transport free for all children from next year in a bid to relieve cost-of-living pressures. Starting from January 1, 2026, everyone under 18 will be able to ...
FROM 1837 to 1901, as we all know, a woman was the Queen of England. From 1837 to 1901, all good English and American magazines, newspapers, and novels, were edited with the idea of pleasing women, of ...
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Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates: Novels highlight fragility of public health today
Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in ...
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