“ It is perhaps little wonder that the end of Victorianism almost exactly coincided with the invention of psychoanalysis. Bill Bryson
“ She first peered into its fascinating cases of beetles and butterflies at the age of six, in the company of her father. She recalls her pity at each occupant pinned for display. It was no great leap t… Emmanuelle de Maupassant
“ Girls barely budding open their legs to make a living, alongside the toothless and rancid of breath; hair thick with lice, they all find customers if the price is right, against the wall or on sheets… Emmanuelle de Maupassant
“ The cook says, ‘As a young lass, I thought nothing as important as the love of a brave and ‘andsome man; now I’m an old crone, I know full well that it is, but only when he’s moneyed enough to keep yo… Emmanuelle de Maupassant
“ It is nine o'clock, and London has breakfasted. Some unconsidered tens of thousands have, it is true, already enjoyed with what appetite they might their pre-prandial meal; the upper fifty thousand, a… George Augustus Sala
“ The world of shadows and superstition that was Victorian England, so well depicted in this 1871 tale, was unique. While the foundations of so much of our present knowledge of subjects like medicine, p… Hugh Lamb
“ Oh, man," said Jack. "Everyone was nice to us when we looked rich. Now it feels like the whole world's against us. Mary Pope Osborne
