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18th century…

The Urban Mysteries: Organised Crime in Victorian Popular Literature

24 Nov 202024 Nov 2020
Stephen Basdeo The Following was a lecture delivered by Stephen Basdeo at Richmond: The American International University on Wednesday 18 November 2020 to students in GEP4180: Organised Crime in Popular…
19th Century…

Jack Harkaway: The Victorian Harry Potter

26 Jun 2019
By Stephen Basdeo The Victorians in many ways were just like us: they enjoyed a good scandal whenever it was reported in the press, they liked both trashy and high-brow…
19th Century…

Pierce Egan’s “Robin Hood Ballads” (1840)

6 Jan 2018
This post is not one of my usual essay style posts, with an introduction and conclusion, etc., but more of a research note after having got hold of a first…
19th Century…

E. L. Blanchard’s “The Mysteries of London” (1849-50)

16 Dec 201616 Dec 2016
My previous post was about Thomas Miller’s continuation of G. W. M. Reynolds’ penny blood The Mysteries of London (Reynolds and Miller’s series were published between 1844 – 1848 and…
19th Century…

Thomas Miller’s “The Mysteries of London; or, Lights and Shadows of London Life” (1849)

14 Dec 201616 Dec 2016
Thomas Miller’s The Mysteries of London; or, The Lights and Shadows of London Life (1849) is a continuation of G. W. M. Reynolds’ eponymous penny blood serialised novel published between…
19th Century…

George Emmett’s “Robin Hood and the Archers of Merrie Sherwood” (1868-69)

20 Oct 201620 Oct 2016
[All images taken from books in my personal collection – feel free to use] Further to my recent postings on Robin Hood in Victorian penny dreadfuls, this post sheds light…

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