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Brief passages taken from novels and short stories, by writers such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Rudyard Kipling.

  • A photo of a pair of scissors and some curls of black hair on the surface of a Victorian-era dressing table.

    01 • Extracts from Fiction

    One Delicious Grinding Snip

    If little Maggie Tulliver is going to get her hair cut, it’s going to be done on her own terms.

    George Eliot

  • A photo of a Victorian gentleman sneaking some socks in a market.

    02 • Extracts from Fiction

    On Having the Socks

    In Erewhon, apologise by saying you have the socks and everyone will understand.

    Samuel Butler

  • A photo of Henry Crawford detaining Fanny Price at the door of her house in Portsmouth.

    03 • Character

    A Tempting Offer

    Jane Austen lets it be known that true moral integrity comes from within.

    Jane Austen

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