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This is a group for students of JMU's ENG329: Haunted Victorians in the fall of 2025. 

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Fountain | Gallery Image

“About 250 years ago the Emperor Mahmud Shah II had built this lonely palace for his pleasure and luxury. In his days jets of rose-water spurted from its fountains, and on the cold marble floors of its spray-cooled rooms young Persian damsels would sit.” (Tagore, Rabindranath, (… more

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Emperor | Gallery Image

This is an image of Emperor Mahmud Shah II. This is the Emperor who owned the palace that the framed narrator stays in within the story.

Zafar Mahal, Mehrauli.jpg. 28 Dec. 2013, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zafar_Mahal,… more

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Calcutta | Gallery Image

This is an image of Calcutta, the train station in Calcutta is where the first layer of dialogue is introduced between the framing narrator and the framed narrator.

Calcutta -1900.Jpg - Wikimedia Commons.” Wikimedia.org, 2022, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calcutta_-1900.jpg. Reproduced in… more

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Passages - Secret Histories | Gallery Image

This photo represents the many extensive and dark passageways in the palace in which secret histories and traumas are hidden. This highlights the central theme of layered identities within our project. This photo also represents Mughal architecture in India.

"I cannot now say where. What endless dark and narrow passages, what long corridors, what silent… more

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1.3 Spurstow (Medical Officer)

*Not explicitly mentioned, however, London was the largest city in the world, and they likely came from this hub of economic prowess*

The Medical Officer in British India was crucial, responsible for safeguarding the health of colonial administrators, soldiers, and local populations. The Indian Medical Service (IMS…

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1.2 Lowndes (Civil Service)

*Not explicitly mentioned, however, London was the largest city in the world, and they likely came from this hub of economic prowess*

Between 1885–1900, a Civil Service job in British India meant serving in the Indian Civil Service (ICS), the elite administrative arm of the Raj. Officers were few in number and tasked…

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Mottram (Indian Surveyor)

*Not explicitly mentioned, however, London was the largest city in the world, and they likely came from this hub of economic prowess.*

Survey of India: Established in the 18th century, by the late 19th century it was one of the most important institutions of the Raj. Its officers mapped territories, measured land, and…

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Mottram (Indian Surveyor)

Survey of India: Established in the 18th century, by the late 19th century it was one of the most important institutions of the Raj. Its officers mapped territories, measured land, and produced detailed geographical data.They conducted topographical surveys, triangulation, and boundary mapping, often under extreme climatic conditions. Indian…

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FIG 1. London 

Historical/Social Context: Poverty and inequality: Social reformer Charles Booth’s famous Inquiry into the Life and Labour of the People in London (1886–1903) revealed that nearly 30% of London’s population lived in poverty, with overcrowded housing, poor sanitation, and limited access to education. Industrial and…

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