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

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Monte Carlo | 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 II. “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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San Remo | 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 II. “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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St. Moritz | Place

"The doctor tries to laugh away my fears, but he owns that I am below par—meaningless phrase—talks of nervine decay, and suggests my going to St Moritz"

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

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Pekin (Peking, Beijing) | Place

"Pekin" refers to modern-day Beijing, as it was formerly called "Peking" by Europeans. Portugal was the first European country to contact modern China, and the city was referred to as "Pequim" in Portuguese. This translates to English as "Pekin". This name changed to Beijing in the late 1900s. This means that Lota spent time with her father in China. A "consul" is a…

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Brighton | Place

 “‘A huge towny place,’ exclaimed Lota. ‘Gran’pa said it was not better than Brighton’. ‘Could anything be better than Brighton?’ asked I."

Lota pokes fun at Helen for preferring their hometown of Brighton to the Italian town of Taggia, Lota’s chosen location for tending to her health. Brighton is known as one of England’s most renowned seaside towns, located just outside of London.… more
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Barich, India | Place

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