The East End of London was where Alison's house for girls was. This house was a getaway from her usual wealthy lifestyle where everything was handed to her. Mainly lower class people lived in the East End. This area was known for overcrowding and poverty.

The birthplace of Christina Rossetti, a poet whose work is very renowned for being innocent on the surface, but filled with themes and symbols that critics and analysts are still finding to this day.

The little girl takes a sojourn in Germany where she experiences work, men, and typhoid fever. (Chapter 3-4).

The same year Author Ella Hepworth Dixon was born, The British Museum Reading Room opened. This place was used as a main reading room in the British library.