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 Miss. Wright |
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Year was 1897
 
Queen Victoria & Her Glorious Empire ruled supreme. This is the age of the Raj, of Sherlock Holmes & the scandal of Oscar Wilde, of Aubrey Beardsly, Fairies & Science, Folklore & Steam, The Phantom of the Opera & the lovely Sarah Bernhardt. It was the year Dracula was released. A time of Grand Tours of Europe & of debutante balls... It was a time of trips to the Orient and to Egypt, of strange sights & sounds, where the glories of industrialisation & the advances of Science ride hand in hand with the Golden Age of Art, Literature & Poetry. Through the swirling fog of London, figures slip like shadows in Opium dreams. In the grimy streets they weave the sweeping patterns of Art Noveau, Flower girls & beggars, Duchesses & Explorers, MP's & Poets. |
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