Looking through my Internet Archive favorites for an early-Victorian Catholic novel and came across THE PERVERTER IN HIGH LIFE, which is one of those titles that promises the 21st-century reader something that it most certainly does not deliver #VictorianReligiousFiction
January 12, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Looking through my Internet Archive favorites for an early-Victorian Catholic novel and came across THE PERVERTER IN HIGH LIFE, which is one of those titles that promises the 21st-century reader something that it most certainly does not deliver #VictorianReligiousFiction
Today’s reading includes such fake Puritan names as “Mahalaleel Mumgrizzle” and “Faithful Thunderplump.” #FrancisPaget #VictorianReligiousFiction
August 26, 2023 at 1:46 PM
Today’s reading includes such fake Puritan names as “Mahalaleel Mumgrizzle” and “Faithful Thunderplump.” #FrancisPaget #VictorianReligiousFiction
Oh noes! The new husband has brought a novel by Zola on the honeymoon. BAD SIGN. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Oh noes! The new husband has brought a novel by Zola on the honeymoon. BAD SIGN. #VictorianReligiousFiction
OK, the husband has just torched his copy of Zola. But now he's handing his Protestant wife a Catholic missal. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:46 PM
OK, the husband has just torched his copy of Zola. But now he's handing his Protestant wife a Catholic missal. #VictorianReligiousFiction
Protestant wife now prepares to live with Catholic mother-in-law. I detect notes of doom here. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Protestant wife now prepares to live with Catholic mother-in-law. I detect notes of doom here. #VictorianReligiousFiction
The Catholic husband is amused by his Protestant wife's belief that he ought to get a job. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:46 PM
The Catholic husband is amused by his Protestant wife's belief that he ought to get a job. #VictorianReligiousFiction
Catholic priest now flirting with potential penitent. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Catholic priest now flirting with potential penitent. #VictorianReligiousFiction
How did this digression about the Shakespeare authorship question get into my religious novel? #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM
How did this digression about the Shakespeare authorship question get into my religious novel? #VictorianReligiousFiction
Catholic husband has just given Protestant wife what appears to be the Douai translation. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Catholic husband has just given Protestant wife what appears to be the Douai translation. #VictorianReligiousFiction
Uh-oh, Catholic mother-in-law is interfering with Protestant daughter-in-law. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Uh-oh, Catholic mother-in-law is interfering with Protestant daughter-in-law. #VictorianReligiousFiction
BIBLE-READING BATTLES #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM
BIBLE-READING BATTLES #VictorianReligiousFiction
Stealth confessions?! #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Stealth confessions?! #VictorianReligiousFiction
The novel has entered the "let's engage in fake religious dialogue at great length" phase. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:28 PM
The novel has entered the "let's engage in fake religious dialogue at great length" phase. #VictorianReligiousFiction
Prooftexts ahoy! #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Prooftexts ahoy! #VictorianReligiousFiction
1st appearance of a telephone in 19th c. religious fic (in my experience, at least). #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:28 PM
1st appearance of a telephone in 19th c. religious fic (in my experience, at least). #VictorianReligiousFiction
HELBECK OF BANNISDALE could use a new edition... #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:19 PM
HELBECK OF BANNISDALE could use a new edition... #VictorianReligiousFiction
I've never heard of being baptized "hypothetically." #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:19 PM
I've never heard of being baptized "hypothetically." #VictorianReligiousFiction
Oh look, conspiracy theories ahoy! #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Oh look, conspiracy theories ahoy! #VictorianReligiousFiction
Catholic husband refuses to read Bible, inadvertently confirms conspiracy theories. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Catholic husband refuses to read Bible, inadvertently confirms conspiracy theories. #VictorianReligiousFiction
Oh, dear--Catholic husband neglected to study gun safety, apparently. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Oh, dear--Catholic husband neglected to study gun safety, apparently. #VictorianReligiousFiction
We're in serious YASD (Yet Another Stupid Death) territory here. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:10 PM
We're in serious YASD (Yet Another Stupid Death) territory here. #VictorianReligiousFiction
Catholic husband has apparently converted to Protestantism. Now speechifying, despite impending decease. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Catholic husband has apparently converted to Protestantism. Now speechifying, despite impending decease. #VictorianReligiousFiction
Deceased Catholic-turned-Protestant husband's sister now also a convert to Protestantism. #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Deceased Catholic-turned-Protestant husband's sister now also a convert to Protestantism. #VictorianReligiousFiction
Ah, but what was so dangerous that Florence couldn't be allowed to read it unchaperoned? #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 22, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Ah, but what was so dangerous that Florence couldn't be allowed to read it unchaperoned? #VictorianReligiousFiction
Hagiography dressed up as fiction does not make for exciting reading. #MargaretRoper #VictorianReligiousFiction
November 21, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Hagiography dressed up as fiction does not make for exciting reading. #MargaretRoper #VictorianReligiousFiction