This week, Tracey answers the age-old question: Why were the Victorians so spooky?
The answer includes Rowan’s favorite fact to tell at parties, a bit about women writers, and a scandalizing detail about…naked ghosts?
Sources
Cambridge
Interesting Literature
https://interestingliterature.com/2015/10/10-classic-victorian-ghost-stories-everyone-should-read/
Victorian Era
https://victorian-era.org/ghost-stories-of-the-victorian-era.html
Old Style Tales
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/23/ghost-stories-victorians-spookily-good
Victorian Web
https://victorianweb.org/victorian/genre/ghoststories/cooke1.html
British Library
https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-victorian-supernatural
History Channel
https://www.history.com/news/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories
Jstor
https://daily.jstor.org/the-dressy-ghosts-of-victorian-literature/
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