Victorian Winter and Spring


Book Description




The Victorian Law Reports


Book Description




Victorian Agriculture


Book Description




Victorian Year Book


Book Description




A Victorian Winter


Book Description




Frost & Fair Isle: A Victorian Winter Portrait Grayscale Adult Coloring Book


Book Description

Step back in time and experience the timeless elegance of winter with "Frost & Fair Isle: A Victorian Winter Portrait Grayscale Adult Coloring Book." This captivating collection features 60 grayscale illustrations that capture the essence of Victorian winter fashion and portraiture. Embrace the Enchantment of Winter: Immerse yourself in a world of snow-covered landscapes, opulent ballrooms, and people adorned in luxurious winter attire. Each page portrays a captivating Victorian figure, from dashing gentlemen in fur-lined coats to ladies in elegant gowns and cozy knitwear. Unleash the Colors of Winter: With 60 unique grayscale illustrations, "Frost & Fair Isle" offers a world of creative possibilities. Capture the richness of Victorian fabrics with deep jewel tones, or evoke the frosty landscape with cool blues and silvers. Experiment with intricate Fair Isle knitting patterns for a touch of historical detail. A World of Convenience: This downloadable PDF provides instant access to your Victorian winter wonderland. Each page is sized at a convenient 8.5x11 inches and boasts a crisp 300 DPI resolution, ensuring exceptional print quality for your finished masterpieces. More Than Just Coloring: "Frost & Fair Isle" is more than just an adult coloring book; it's a journey into the world of Victorian winter fashion and portraiture. It's an invitation to embrace the beauty of the season and celebrate the enduring elegance of a bygone era. Who Should Embrace "Frost & Fair Isle" Fans of Victorian fashion and historical aesthetics Anyone seeking a relaxing and creative activity Those who appreciate detailed portraits and intricate patterns People who enjoy coloring pages that evoke feelings of elegance and sophistication Unleash your inner artist, step into a winter wonderland, and bring these captivating portraits to life with "Frost & Fair Isle: A Victorian Winter Portrait Grayscale Adult Coloring Book!"




Victorian Transformations


Book Description

Proposing the concept of transformation as a key to understanding the Victorian period, this collection explores the protean ways in which the nineteenth century conceived of, responded to, and created change. The volume focuses on literature, particularly issues related to genre, nationalism, and desire. For example, the essays suggest that changes in the novel's form correspond with shifting notions of human nature in Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris; technical forms such as the villanelle and chant royal are crucial bridges between Victorian and Modernist poetics; Victorian theater moves from privileging the text to valuing the spectacles that characterized much of Victorian staging; Carlyle's Past and Present is a rallying cry for replacing the static and fractured language of the past with a national language deep in shared meaning; Dante Gabriel Rossetti posits unachieved desire as the means of rescuing the subject from the institutional forces that threaten to close down and subsume him; and the return of Adelaide Anne Procter's fallen nun to the convent in "A Legend of Provence" can be read as signaling a more modern definition of gender and sexuality that allows for the possibility of transgressive desire within society. The collection concludes with an essay that shows neo-Victorian authors like John Fowles and A. S. Byatt contending with the Victorian preoccupations with gender and sexuality.




Victorian Visions of Suburban Utopia


Book Description

The rise of suburbs and disinvestment from cities have been defining features of life in many countries over the course of the twentieth century. In Victorian Visions of Suburban Utopia, Nathaniel Walker asks: why did we abandon our dense, complex urban places and seek to find "the best of the city and the country" in the flowery suburbs? While looking back at the architecture and urban design of the 1800s offers some answers, Walker argues that a great missing piece of the story can be found in Victorian utopian literature. The replacement of cities with high-tech suburbs was repeatedly imagined and breathlessly described in the socialist dreams and science-fiction fantasies of dozens of British and American authors. Some of these visionaries — such as Robert Owen, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Ebenezer Howard, and H. G. Wells — are enduringly famous, while others were street vendors or amateur chemists who have been all but forgotten. Together, they fashioned strange and beautiful imaginary worlds built of synthetic gemstones, lacy metal colonnades, and unbreakable glass, staffed by robotic servants and teeming with flying carriages. As varied as their futuristic visions could be, Walker reveals how most of them were unified by a single, desperate plea: for humanity to have a future worth living, we must abandon our smoky, poor, chaotic Babylonian cities for a life in shimmering gardens.