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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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Shale | Gallery Image

"...the moderate slopes, covered with scrub, loose shale, and jungle, and deceitful little trickling watercourses." (Croker, "To Let", Annotated Version https://editions.covecollective.org/edition/haunting-imperial-nonsense-what-cannot-be-captured-victorian-ghost-… more

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Dak Bungalow | Gallery Image

"We sent the servants on ahead, whilst we rested at the Dak bungalo near the railway station, and then followed them at our leisure." (Croker, "To Let", Annotated Version https://editions.covecollective.org/edition/haunting-imperial-nonsense-what-cannot-be-… more

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Punkah | Gallery Image

"With a large, cool bungalow, plenty of punkahs..." (Croker, "To Let", Annotated Version https://editions.covecollective.org/edition/haunting-imperial-nonsense-what-cannot-be-captured-victorian-ghost-story)

Punkahs are fans that require physical labor to… more

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African Grey Parrot | Gallery Image

"One day the children discovered, to their great joy, that the old chowkidar belonging to the bungalo possessed an African gret parrot - a rare bird indeed in India" (Croker, "To Let", Annotated Version https://editions.covecollective.org/edition/haunting-imperial… more

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Simla | Place

Simla (Head Quarters)

*Explicty mentioned in story as all of the men's headquarters.*

Historical/Social Context:Simla (now Shimla) in 1885–1900 was the summer capital of British India, a hill station that embodied both the glamour and contradictions of empire. From the mid-19th century, Simla became the administrative center…

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Jodhpur | Place

Jodhpur

*Impiled to be a central location in Raj, Jodhpur was a princely state under indirect British rule. The area was known for brutal summers and sparse population perfect for Kipling’s theme of imperial isolation.*

Historical/Social Context:Hummil’s Bungalow acts as the central stage of the narrative. Bungalows were…

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Rajasthan | Place

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The Desert of Upper Rajputana | Place

FIG 2.1 The Desert of Upper Rajputana

*Oppressive heat 101°Fsuggests the desert of Upper Rajputana, north of Jodhpur, which Kipling visited as a correspondent.* Pseudopod 337: At The End Of The Passage | PseudoPod

Historical/Social Context: A princely state under indirect British rule. Known for extreme heat, aridity,…

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Hummil's Camera | Gallery Image

The camera which Spurstow destroyed in the end of Kipling's narrative captured something not only terrifying but beyond belief, yet completely unknown to the reader. Pictured here is a magazine advertisement for a Pocket Kodak camera in 1895, likely the closest resemblance to Hummil's camera.

McClure's Magazine 1895. … more

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Bungalow in British Raj | Gallery Image

Pictured here is a Dak Bungalow in west India. This is an idea of what Hummil's bungalow could have resembled. Hummil, being the engineer for the new railroad, was given lodging especially close to the locals who work for him---much closer than any of his peers lived. This proximity created an interesting dynamic between him and the local indigenous knowledge which he avoided. His bungalow… more

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