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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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"The Blue Terror" | Gallery Image

One of Kipling's protagonists, Spurstow, is a doctor in the British Raj. His role in serving the empire requires him to the tend to the sick and injured locals working from them in India, most of whom are sickw ith cholera. Cholera was an epidemic not only within the narrative, but in most colonized states at this time. The lack of clean resources and proper sanitization made the local… more

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Indian Landscape | Gallery Image

The four protagonists of this narrative are overseeing the construction of the British Raj's new railroad. They are serving the empire in their own individual roles, but their experience is collective. The extreme heat and dry, dusty environment cause them misery everyday. This image shows a railroad in west India and serves as an example of what the landscape would… more

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Punkah Fan | Gallery Image

The Punkah was a ceiling fan which had to be pulled and released repeatedly to work. It was almost always controlled by servants while the wealthy enjoyed their downtime indoors away from the extreme heat. In Kipling's narrative, the protagonists often sit together under a moving Punkah while demanding their servants keep pulling. You can see one pictured here---yellow and brown… more

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Simla | Place

This is another location mentioned as a spot where the Anglo-Indians would flee to avoid the hot summers of Ludlow. It's characterized by its mountains and cooler climate that would offer refuge from the heat of India that Anglo-Indians were not accustomed to. 

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Naini Tal | Place

This is a location that is mentioned by Edith Chalmers in her letter. It is where the previous owners of the house, Briarwood, have fled to. 

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Lucknow, India | Place

This is the primary setting for the narrative. The house is located in Kantia, which is a city within Lucknow, India.  "The city of Lucknow, the former capital of Awadh during the Mughal era [is] a site of continuous contention in colonial India since the eighteenth century," (Biswas). 

 

Visions: “If You See Her Face You Die”: Orientalist Gothic and…

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Dilkousha | Place

At the beginning of the story, Aggie and her family are placed in a bungalow at Dilkousha. This is where the narrator begins his/her life with Aggie. 

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Dakor, India | Place

City in Gujarat, India. 

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Figure VII | Gallery Image

–" was struggling to her feet and staring wildly."

The Weekly Telegraph [Sheffield], 17 Nov. 1894, p. 9. Reproduced in accordance with the Doctrine of Fair Use, as per 17 USC 107.

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Figure VI | Gallery Image

" Strange that she should care to pore over an old gentleman's diary." 

The Weekly Telegraph [Sheffield], 17 Nov. 1894, p. 8. Reproduced in accordance with the Doctrine of Fair Use, as per 17 USC 107.

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