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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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Figure V | Gallery Image

"To think of what must come–at last."

The Weekly Telegraph [Sheffield], 17 Nov. 1894, p. 7. Reproduced in accordance with the Doctrine of Fair Use, as per 17 USC 107.

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Figure IV | Gallery Image

"You cannot find that curious old glass flattering to your vanity." 

The Weekly Telegraph [Sheffield], 17 Nov. 1894, p. 6. Reproduced in accordance with the Doctrine of Fair Use, as per 17 USC 107.

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Figure III | Gallery Image

" I tugged savagely at the door."

The Weekly Telegraph [Sheffield], 17 Nov. 1894, p. 5. Reproduced in accordance with the Doctrine of Fair Use, as per 17 USC 107.

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Figure II | Gallery Image

"And your niece is dying," I said, savagely.

The Weekly Telegraph [Sheffield], 17 Nov. 1894, p. 4. Reproduced in accordance with the Doctrine of Fair Use, as per 17 USC 107.

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Figure I | Gallery Image

"Is it not a lucky house, Miss Hammond,"

"How not lucky?"

The Weekly Telegraph [Sheffield], 17 Nov. 1894, p. 3. Reproduced in accordance with the Doctrine of Fair Use, as per 17 USC 107.

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Taggia | Place

"'and I am going to spend the winter months in my villa near Taggia. Only think of that, Helen, Taggia—Tag-gi-a!'"

The house Lota inherits from her grandfather, the Orange Grove, is in Taggia and is where the bulk of the story takes place. It is the site of Lota's mental decline, which is a product of her refusal to leave despite…

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Cannes | Place

"'The sanitary engineer from Cannes has examined everything. The drainage is simply perfect––––'"

This quotation displays the ways in which the scientific developments of imperialism fail to explain observable truth and subsequently induce fear in this narrative. Miss…

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Marseilles | Place

"...He told me that we could take her no better place between Genoa and Marseilles..."

This quote refers to taking Lota to Taggia for her health, and relates to the idea that moving to warmer climates is beneficial for health, mentioned in the Taggia location tag. 

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth. Chapter II. “Herself.” Annotated Text in Haunting…

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Genoa | Place

"...He told me that we could take her no better place between Genoa and Marseilles..."

This quote refers to taking Lota to Taggia for her health, and relates to the idea that moving to warmer climates is beneficial for health, mentioned in the Taggia location tag. 

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth. Chapter II. “Herself.” Annotated Text in Haunting Imperial (Non)Sense: What Cannot…

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Nice | Place

"I knew the magnet which attracted him not to quit San Remo rather than go to Monte Carlo or Nice"

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth. Chapter I. “Herself.” Annotated Text in Haunting Imperial (Non)Sense: What Cannot be Captured in the Victorian Ghost Story. 1894. https://editions.covecollective.org/edition/haunting-imperial-nonsense-w....

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