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Tag: Nineteenth-Century Britain

Seeing Science in the Stars: Constance Naden’s sonnets and the night sky

20th May 202020th May 2020  Clare Stainthorp

When nineteenth-century scientist, philosopher and poet, Constance Naden, contemplated the night sky, she saw a universe full of vitality. Here, Clare Stainthorp, reflects on Naden’s sonnets and the starry cosmos that inspired them.

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Posted in Arts, Books, Poetry, STEMTagged: Clare Stainthorp, Constance Naden, History of Atheism, New Woman, Night, Night / Shift, Night Sky, Nineteenth-Century Britain, Nineteenth-century poetry, Poetry, Sonnets, Star, Starry Night, Victorian Literature

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins – a stunning, atmospheric debut

8th April 201922nd April 2019  My Ly

After several years in London, Jamaican servant Frannie Langton finds herself on trial for the murder of her English master and mistress – but she has no memory of that fatal evening. Our arts contributor, My Ly, reviews Sara Collins’ atmospheric and evocative debut novel, The Confessions of Frannie Langton.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Britain and Colonialism, Cambridge, Creative Writing, Frannie Langton, Gothic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize, Neo-Victorian, Nineteenth-Century Britain, Novel, Penguin, Sara Collins, Slavery and the British Empire, The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Viking
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    By Toni Roberts
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