From wikipedia: The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian’s beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Talking in Basil’s garden, Dorian me[...]
Archive for August, 2009
August 19th, 2009 - 6:00 am § in Literature, Vintage Fiction
Vintage Reviews: When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Since acquiring my Sony Reader, however temporary, I’ve found reading old books from Project Gutenberg has become a lot easier. I connect the USB cord to my laptop, download the book in ePUB or HTML form to the Reader, et voila! I have a novel or short story written by popular Edwardian writer[...]
August 16th, 2009 - 6:43 pm § in Featured
Featured Link: Museum of Childhood
Hosted by the Victoria & Albert, the Museum of Childhood is chock full of resources and links about the typical life of an Edwardian baby and child. At the turn of the century, new methods of child-rearing were promoted, helping to sever the link between the 20th century and the largely ignoran[...]
Ettie: The Intimate Life and Dauntless Spirit of Lady Desborough
Biographies on Edwardian aristocrats largely confine themselves to Jennie Jerome, Lillie Langtry, and Consuelo Vanderbilt, so it’s a treat to discover one written about one of the most famous women of the era who has since fallen into obscurity. Born in 1867 and orphaned at three, Ettie Fane w[...]
August 9th, 2009 - 1:31 pm § in Research
Ask Evangeline
I check my stats fairly often to see what draws traffic to Edwardian Promenade and also to obtain ideas for future posts. In response to many of the combination of words used to find my site, yet these visitors don’t find what they need–due to google pulling words from each post, rather [...]
August 5th, 2009 - 6:00 am § in Technology
An EP Alert: a Sony Reader review
I interrupt scheduled programming to give my loyal readers a peek into my semi-personal life. Last month I was given the opportunity to test drive a Sony Reader for sixty days courtesy of the smart, wicked and smartly wicked Smart Bitches, Sony, and Harlequin Books. Unfortunately the PRS-700 has bee[...]
