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27/9/1862

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Author Wilkie Collins
Genres Prose: Leading Article i
Prose: Serial Fiction i
Subjects Fashion; Fashion History; Clothing and Dress; Millinery; Textile Crafts; Textile Design; Cotton; Cotton Manufacture
Fraud; Forgery; Deception; Betrayal—Fiction
Marriage; Courtship; Love; Sex
Social classes; Class distinctions; Aristocracy (Social Class); Aristocracy (Social Class)—Fiction; Middle Class; Working Class; Servants;
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Russian Travel [x]

27/9/1862

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Author Henry Morley
Genre Prose: Travel-writing i
Subjects Fashion; Fashion History; Clothing and Dress; Millinery; Textile Crafts; Textile Design; Cotton; Cotton Manufacture
Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing; Factories; Factory Management; Industrial Waste
Russia—Commerce
Russia—Description and Travel
Work; Work and Family; Occupations; Professions; Wages
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Compiled and edited by Henry Morley from the notes of the acquaintance of a doctor friend, according to his Preface to Sketches of Russian life before and during the emancipation of the serfs (London: Chapman & Hall / Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1866) where the article is reprinted with additional material (http://archive.org/details/sketchesrussian00morlgoog). DJO attribution.

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Genre Prose: Essay i
Subjects Architecture; Building; Housing; Property; Landlord and Tenant;
Character; Character Sketches; Caricature
Food; Cooking; Gastronomy; Alcohol; Bars (Drinking Establishments); Restaurants; Dinners and Dining
Great Britain—Social Life and Customs
Popular Culture; Amusements
Theatre; Performing Arts; Performing; Dance; Playwriting; Circus
Urbanization; Urban Life and Landscapes
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Owen's Museum

27/9/1862

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Genre Prose: Report i
Subjects Animals; Domestic Animals; Pets; Working Animals; Birds; Insects
Museums; Palaces; Exhibitions; Libraries
Natural Sciences (Astronomy / Botany / Geology / Natural History / Oceanography / Paleontology / Zoology)
Science; Science—History; Technology; Technological innovations; Discoveries in Science
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Author Henry T. Spicer
Genres Cross-genre i
Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Prose: Short Fiction i
Subjects Associations; Institutions; Clubs; Labor Unions
Character; Character Sketches; Caricature
Children; Childhood; Pregnancy; Childbirth; Child Rearing; Adoption; Child Labor
Family Life; Families; Domestic Relations; Sibling Relations; Kinship; Home;
Marriage; Courtship; Love; Sex
Popular Culture; Amusements
Social classes; Class distinctions; Aristocracy (Social Class); Aristocracy (Social Class)—Fiction; Middle Class; Working Class; Servants;
Sports; Games; Leisure; Pleasure; Hunting; Horse Racing; Gambling; Duelling
Work; Work and Family; Occupations; Professions; Wages
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A version of the story, pace Kathleen Tillotson, was performed at Drury Lane from 26 December 1878, under the title His Novice, A Trifle in One Act. The article was never collected. See Tillotson's 'Henry Spicer, Forster, and Dickens', Dickensian, 84 (1988), p. 73 & n.

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