First Modern Railroad
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which opened in 1830, was the first modern railroad. It was a public carrier of both passengers and freight.
Charades
Autobiography of Jane Eyre Episode 22 “Charades”
This video episode established the timelessness of the parlor game “charades” and displayed some differences in the hypertextuality of the game played in both media types.
Charades was essentially a “riddle” game popularized in France in the 18th century. In its earliest form, players solicited syllables for player response, rather than whole words. It gradually became accompanied by dramatic performances by the players. It was brought over to Britain by the English aristocracy.
Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland
Olive Schreiner's Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland (1897) gives voice to one of the most powerful and uncompromising denunciations of imperial violence published in the nineteenth century, and yet the work stands largely unread by students of Victorian literature. The novella, set in Rhodesia under Company Rule, depicts an encounter between a young British soldier lost in the veld and a mysterious Christ-like stranger who transforms his views on colonialism.
Introduction, “Concerning Geffray Teste Noire”
Introduction for COVE Edition, “Concerning Geffray Teste Noire”
Concerning Geffray Teste Noire
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