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Some brief thoughts on Wilkie Collins's Victorian romantic thriller, along with a look at the controversy that inspired this novel.
00:00 Intro
00:18 Wilkie Collins
01:15 The Story
02:07 The Characters
05:10 Napoleon's Influence
06:07 Crime in English Society
07:57 Real-Life Inspirations
09:00 Louisa Nottidge
10:11 Conclusion
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BLOG: classicsconsidered.com
GOODREADS: goodreads.com/classicsconsidered
BOOK LIST: throne.me/u/classicsconsidered
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SOURCES:
Penguin Classics, Appendix B - Interview with Wilkie Collins by Edmund Yates.
Blain, Virginia. “Rosina Bulwer Lytton and the Rage of the Unheard.” Huntington Library Quarterly 53, no. 3 (1990): 211–36. doi.org/10.2307/3817439.
McCandless, Peter. “Dangerous to Themselves and Others: The Victorian Debate over the Prevention of Wrongful Confinement.” Journal of British Studies 23, no. 1 (1983): 84–104. jstor.org/stable/175621.
Scull, Andrew. Review of The Theory and Practice of Civil Commitment, by Carol A. B. Warren. Michigan Law Review 82, no. 4 (1984): 793–809. doi.org/10.2307/1288676.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapemonites
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunacy_Act_1845
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosina_Bulwer_Lytton
napoleon-series.org/ins/scholarship97/c_byron.html
medium.com/@pau1morgan/the-lampeter-brethren-a-victorian-sex-cult-e318213d7b7f
letitbeprinted.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/the-brontes-and-war-reinventing-wellington-and-napoleon
CREDITS:
Stock videos - Pixabay
Images - Pixabay, public domain, or fair use
Music - YouTube Audio Library and MusOpen (European Archive)
musopen.org/music/1321-the-barber-of-seville
musopen.org/music/19-piano-sonata-no-12-k-332
Some brief thoughts on Wilkie Collins's Victorian romantic thriller, along with a look at the controversy that inspired this novel.
00:00 Intro
00:18 Wilkie Collins
01:15 The Story
02:07 The Characters
05:10 Napoleon's Influence
06:07 Crime in English Society
07:57 Real-Life Inspirations
09:00 Louisa Nottidge
10:11 Conclusion
***
BLOG: classicsconsidered.com
GOODREADS: goodreads.com/classicsconsidered
BOOK LIST: throne.me/u/classicsconsidered
***
SOURCES:
Penguin Classics, Appendix B - Interview with Wilkie Collins by Edmund Yates.
Blain, Virginia. “Rosina Bulwer Lytton and the Rage of the Unheard.” Huntington Library Quarterly 53, no. 3 (1990): 211–36. doi.org/10.2307/3817439.
McCandless, Peter. “Dangerous to Themselves and Others: The Victorian Debate over the Prevention of Wrongful Confinement.” Journal of British Studies 23, no. 1 (1983): 84–104. jstor.org/stable/175621.
Scull, Andrew. Review of The Theory and Practice of Civil Commitment, by Carol A. B. Warren. Michigan Law Review 82, no. 4 (1984): 793–809. doi.org/10.2307/1288676.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapemonites
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunacy_Act_1845
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosina_Bulwer_Lytton
napoleon-series.org/ins/scholarship97/c_byron.html
medium.com/@pau1morgan/the-lampeter-brethren-a-victorian-sex-cult-e318213d7b7f
letitbeprinted.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/the-brontes-and-war-reinventing-wellington-and-napoleon
CREDITS:
Stock videos - Pixabay
Images - Pixabay, public domain, or fair use
Music - YouTube Audio Library and MusOpen (European Archive)
musopen.org/music/1321-the-barber-of-seville
musopen.org/music/19-piano-sonata-no-12-k-332
