Victorian

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Carpenter plucks Cricket from arts college and its meaningless pontificating to his “atelier in the corn,” a ramshackle Victorian where Cricket learns how to transmute what he sees with color and light.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

John Ruskin, a Victorian art critic, raged at how the division of labor broke down traditional communities and turned people into automatons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

She explained that the book opened her eyes to the "disguises" many Victorian women novelists were forced to adopt in order to be heard.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The Rodgers’ elegant Victorian Craftsman measures just over 5,300 square feet—just over half the size of Aaron’s enormous 10,500-square-foot Wisconsin abode, which sits at the heart of a leafy 5-acre parcel.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

In London, night came too soon, it hung in the morning air like a threat, and then in the afternoon a blue-gray dusk descended, and the Victorian buildings all wore a mournful air.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie