#Tag
The Dangers of the Baby Feeding Bottles in the #Victorian Era.
Patented around 1879–1880, these glass or earthenware “banjo” shaped bottles allowed babies to self-feed. Many had sweet sounding names such as “My Little Pet” and “Mummies Darling” while others were very nationalistic like “The Empire,” “The National” or “The Victorian.”
https://www.vintag.es/2026/02/murder-bottles.html #globalmuseum #Babies #Babybottles
📚 An abandoned Victorian-era library, somewhere in England
#England #Victorian #Library #Abandoned #UrbanExploration #Bookstodon #Lost #Forgotten
📚 An abandoned Victorian-era library, somewhere in England
#England #Victorian #Library #Abandoned #UrbanExploration #Bookstodon #Lost #Forgotten
Day 50
#365project
#BlueHour at the Deck Arcade on the far end of #Llandudno Pier.
#Wales #Cymru #NorthWales #LlandudnoPier #DeckArcade #VictorianPier #VictorianEra #VictorianArchitecture #Victorian #architecture #Architektur
#seaside #SeasideVibes #landscape #LandscapePhotography #sky #moody
Day 50
#365project
#BlueHour at the Deck Arcade on the far end of #Llandudno Pier.
#Wales #Cymru #NorthWales #LlandudnoPier #DeckArcade #VictorianPier #VictorianEra #VictorianArchitecture #Victorian #architecture #Architektur
#seaside #SeasideVibes #landscape #LandscapePhotography #sky #moody
🎵 The decaying remains of a long-abandoned music room, dating back to the Victorian-era. Somewhere in England.
https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/leisure/victorian-music-room-england/
#Victorian #Photography #Architecture #Abandoned #Urbex #VictorianEra #History
🎵 The decaying remains of a long-abandoned music room, dating back to the Victorian-era. Somewhere in England.
https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/leisure/victorian-music-room-england/
#Victorian #Photography #Architecture #Abandoned #Urbex #VictorianEra #History
Oh, this is easy: ROCHESTER! (Heathcliff is just misunderstood.) On the Austen side, Wickham is a walking red flag.
#AmReading @bookstodon #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #EmilyBronte #CharlotteBronte #AnneBronte #Victorian @romancelandia #JaneAusten
And OF COURSE there are pirates …
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #parody #kidlit #Childrensliterature #Davos #pirates
Lloyd Osbourne’s “Davos Press” enjoyed sufficient commercial success to pay Stevenson (very small) royalties. You can find scans of the originals on the National Library of Scotland website
https://digital.nls.uk/rlstevenson/browse/archive/99384212
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #parody #kidlit #Childrensliterature #Davos
And OF COURSE there are pirates …
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #parody #kidlit #Childrensliterature #Davos #pirates
Davos was also where Stevenson produced his MORAL EMBLEMS – a parody of Victorian didactic rhymes for children. His 12-year-old stepson, Lloyd Osbourne, printed the chapbooks on a toy printing press & hawked them around the sanatorium.
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #parody #kidlit #Childrensliterature #Davos
Lloyd Osbourne’s “Davos Press” enjoyed sufficient commercial success to pay Stevenson (very small) royalties. You can find scans of the originals on the National Library of Scotland website
https://digital.nls.uk/rlstevenson/browse/archive/99384212
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #parody #kidlit #Childrensliterature #Davos
Some good things have come from Davos …
“It was here that Robert Louis Stevenson overcame his writer’s block and finished Treasure Island; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle started skiing in the Alps; and Thomas Mann thought of the idea for The Magic Mountain”
1/5
https://lithub.com/a-brief-literary-history-of-davos/
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #SirArthurConanDoyle #Davos #writersblock #skiing #ThomasMann
Davos was also where Stevenson produced his MORAL EMBLEMS – a parody of Victorian didactic rhymes for children. His 12-year-old stepson, Lloyd Osbourne, printed the chapbooks on a toy printing press & hawked them around the sanatorium.
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #parody #kidlit #Childrensliterature #Davos
Some good things have come from Davos …
“It was here that Robert Louis Stevenson overcame his writer’s block and finished Treasure Island; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle started skiing in the Alps; and Thomas Mann thought of the idea for The Magic Mountain”
1/5
https://lithub.com/a-brief-literary-history-of-davos/
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #SirArthurConanDoyle #Davos #writersblock #skiing #ThomasMann
#PennedPossibilities 905 — Is your MC responsible for anyone other than themselves? How do they feel about this?
Ooooh, I wanna answer this one truthfully, but it would contain major spoilers for readers, so I can’t. Instead, I’ll say this: Alistair is responsible for Duncan, Fenella, and the servants at his castle. He takes care of them, the servants are under his employ, and that’s that. He sired Duncan, and he takes care of Fenella with every bit of himself. So yes, he’s responsible for far more than just himself, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.
#WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Romantasy #Fantasy #Vampires #Werewolves #Ghosts #Romance #Victorian #Worldbuilding #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#PennedPossibilities 904 — What does your MC have in common with you, the author?
He’s a tortured author. Oh, and he has curly hair.
#WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Romantasy #Fantasy #Vampires #Werewolves #Ghosts #Romance #Victorian #Worldbuilding #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#PennedPossibilities 905 — Is your MC responsible for anyone other than themselves? How do they feel about this?
Ooooh, I wanna answer this one truthfully, but it would contain major spoilers for readers, so I can’t. Instead, I’ll say this: Alistair is responsible for Duncan, Fenella, and the servants at his castle. He takes care of them, the servants are under his employ, and that’s that. He sired Duncan, and he takes care of Fenella with every bit of himself. So yes, he’s responsible for far more than just himself, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.
#WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Romantasy #Fantasy #Vampires #Werewolves #Ghosts #Romance #Victorian #Worldbuilding #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#PennedPossibilities 903 — MC POV: Are you afraid to be alone?
Alistair: Generally speaking, not really, no. At the moment, however, my answer might be something different than the usual one. Alone time is sacred. It’s my time to relax, or to paint or write. For the time being, Isma might be back. Whenever that might happen. Who knows. And Duncan is *already* back at my castle. I don’t trust either of them. We have strength in numbers. If I’m alone, that no doubt means that Fenella is as well. I can’t trust either of those men. They might harm her, and I would *never* allow that to happen.
#WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Romantasy #Fantasy #Vampires #Werewolves #Ghosts #Romance #Victorian #Worldbuilding #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#PennedPossibilities 904 — What does your MC have in common with you, the author?
He’s a tortured author. Oh, and he has curly hair.
#WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Romantasy #Fantasy #Vampires #Werewolves #Ghosts #Romance #Victorian #Worldbuilding #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#PennedPossibilities 902 — How old is your antagonist? Do they act their age, or do they feel their age?
No one *truly* knows how old Isma is. And no, he doesn't act his age. He might feel it, but he never acts it. I'll leave some dialogue down below. It was from a conversation between Alistair and Eleanor, his maid. They're rather close friends at this point. For context, this story takes place in 1890.
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Her head snapped up. “Oh, good Lord. How old is your master?”
“He befriended Socrates,” he said by way of explanation. “Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sappho. He knew them all.”
She swallowed the lump in her throat. “Do you mean to say… Are you sure?”
“I’m quite sure, yes,” he responded. “He spoke of them often. I’m not entirely sure how long he had been alive at that point, or if he was bloodbound or not. I only know he was alive, whether a vampire or not. His name is Isma. He’s a callus, cruel man. I separated myself from him long ago. He’s a murderer, and an old world vampire. He’ll never change.”
#WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Romantasy #Fantasy #Vampires #Werewolves #Ghosts #Romance #Victorian #Worldbuilding #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#PennedPossibilities 903 — MC POV: Are you afraid to be alone?
Alistair: Generally speaking, not really, no. At the moment, however, my answer might be something different than the usual one. Alone time is sacred. It’s my time to relax, or to paint or write. For the time being, Isma might be back. Whenever that might happen. Who knows. And Duncan is *already* back at my castle. I don’t trust either of them. We have strength in numbers. If I’m alone, that no doubt means that Fenella is as well. I can’t trust either of those men. They might harm her, and I would *never* allow that to happen.
#WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Romantasy #Fantasy #Vampires #Werewolves #Ghosts #Romance #Victorian #Worldbuilding #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
