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Sep 23, 2010 15:15

And why do I feel like I've used that subject title before?

SO. NaNo. I'm going full steam ahead on that this year after taking last year off. I have my sights set awfully high and have been bothering most anyone who will listen to me about my big idea for it. I must say that dragonlit, kimboosan, filthgoblin and paragraphs have all been incredibly helpful and encouraging thus far ( Read more... )

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saintvic September 23 2010, 20:51:12 UTC
Will have a ponder about the links but mostly just commenting so I can do a bit of cheerleading and say yay!

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candesgirl September 24 2010, 00:57:48 UTC
Yay! Thanks! I love cheerleaders, what with all the shaking pom poms and such ;)

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harwhon September 23 2010, 20:59:49 UTC
seconding sarah waters. i love tipping the velvet. also, if we're talking trashy historical romance, i cannot recommend judith mcnaught often enough. whitney, my love is everything a book should ever be (and first in a series of about five books set in the same period). it's more on the regency side of historical, but still, it's jane austen with sex and for that reason alone you should read it.

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candesgirl September 24 2010, 00:56:59 UTC
Thanks for the recs! Jane Austen with sex, yeah, that works for me... (Speaking of, have you read Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife? My goodness...)

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dorsetgirl September 23 2010, 21:06:04 UTC
I'd love to help but the question's a bit too open-ended for my comfort. However, I've read quite a lot of historical novels and I do family history, so if you have any definite questions or scenarios to check I might be able to come up with some information. Good luck!

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candesgirl September 24 2010, 00:55:48 UTC
Thanks! It's really open ended at this point because I mean for it to be. I want as much information as I can about all sorts of things, basically.

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amproof September 23 2010, 21:44:35 UTC
I've been researching for a victorian novel off and on for the last 5 years. When I get my act together, I'll narrow down some books for you.

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candesgirl September 24 2010, 00:54:40 UTC
Thank you :)

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amproof September 24 2010, 00:25:25 UTC
So, it occurs to me I should put my librarian hat on and do a little reference interview before I start delving into the seemingly unending collection of Victorian resources.

1. Can you narrow down the location?
2. The time frame, since Victorian era covers decades and things changed in that time? (to help with this, think of what inventions you need to exist or if you have anything in mind that is time sensitive)
3. What kind of people are you interested in? (poor, rich, in-between, workers and what kind, etc.)
4. What kind of resources will be most helpful to you? What are you looking to be able to do?

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candesgirl September 24 2010, 00:54:24 UTC
1. No idea yet on exact location, it's part of why I want as much info as I can get, for help in pinpointing a location. I am trying to decide if I want a city or country landscape.
2. I am thinking latter half, but again, still working on exacts, nothing I have going on so far is incredibly time sensitive.
3. Rich, aristocratic, poor, in-between, and house help.
4. At this point I am looking for general information on daily life and situations. I am also looking for info on dealing with death, particularly in an important or aristocratic family, like if the only surviving heir was a son, what sort of role would he be required/expected to take on.

Thank you for putting on your librarian hat!

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amproof September 24 2010, 23:45:50 UTC
OK, here's a start:

Domestic history:

Pleasure Wars, The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud
Peter Gay (search him b/c he has done lots on the era, esp writing about the people)

Pleasures & Pastimes in Victorian Britain
Pamela Horn

Inside the Victorian Home: A portrait of domestic life in Victorian England
Judith Flanders

Fiction:

The Great Stink
Clare Clark

Arthur & George
Julian Barnes

Mr. Timothy
Louis Bayard

Contemporary Authors:

Dickens is great for the details
Wilkie Collins
Robert Louis Stevenson

General History:

Disraeli: The Victorian dandy who became Prime Minister
Christopher Hibbert

Nineteenth-Century Britain--a very short introduction
Christopher Harvie and H.C.G. Matthew

Building Jerusalem: the rise and fall of the victorian city
Tristram Hunt

Victorian London: the life of a city 1840-1870

Other:

The English Year: a month by month guide to the nation's customs and festivals from May Day to Mischief Night
Steve Roud

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candesgirl September 25 2010, 03:11:25 UTC
Thank you SO much for all of this info, seriously, so much. I am going to take note of all of it and dive in at the local library and if that doesn't work, then the biggie in Boston.

Thank you, thank you!

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