Sensation Press Recommended Websites

LINKS TO RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

A watercolour by James Douglas, circa 1890.

VICTORIAN LITERATURE & AUTHOR WEBSITES

The Mary Elizabeth Braddon Website, run by the late Chris Willis:
http:www.chriswillis.freeserve.co.uk/braddon.html

The Charlotte Riddell (Mrs. J.H. Riddell) Website, run by Michael Flowers
http://www.charlotteriddell.co.uk/

Mrs. Henry Wood Website, run by Michael Flowers:
http://www.mrshenrywood.co.uk/

Wilkie Collins website, run by Paul Lewis:
http://www.deadline.demon.co.uk/wilkie/wilkie.htm

The Wilkie Collins Information Pages by Andrew Gasson (author of Wilkie Collins - An Illustrated Guide):
http://www.wilkie-collins.info/

Mary Cholmondeley by Carolyn Oulton (Carolyn is writing a biography of Cholmondeley
http://marycholmondeley.com/

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a website owned by Gary William Crawford (founder of the Gothic Press)
http://jslefanu.com/

Literary Gothic, run by Jack Voller
http://www.litgothic.com/index_fl.html

Penny Dreadfuls page of Justin Gilbert:
http://www.geocities.com/justingilb/

Victoria Research Web, maintained by Patrick Leary:
http://victorianresearch.org/

As well as her Braddon website, Chris Willis also had many more pages of Victorian interest, Crime, Gender and Victorian Popular Culture:
http://www.chriswillis.freeserve.co.uk/index.html

VICTORIAN THEATRE & ENTERTAINMENT

Who's of Victorian Cinema:
http://www.victorian-cinema.net/index.htm

Footlight Notes, Victorian and Edwardian Theatre, run by John Culme:
http://footlightnotes.tripod.com

Arthur Lloyd and Music Hall, run by Matthew Lloyd:
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/index.html

Joseph Haworth, owned by Joseph Culliton
http://www.josephhaworth.com/index.htm

Theatre History Pages by Wayne S. Turney
http://www.wayneturney.20m.com/historyindex.htm

Cylinders on the Web, a website owned by the late Trevor W. Hill
Includes recordings of Florence Nightingale, Alfred Tennyson, Harry Houdini, General William Booth and many more
http://cylindersontheweb.angelcities.com/rare_recordings.htm#19th%20century

http://cylindersontheweb.angelcities.com/index.html

VICTORIAN HISTORY & LIFE

The Victorian Dictionary of London, a guide to the social life of Victorian London, run by Lee Jackson:
http://www.victorianlondon.org/

The Workhouse, run by Peter Higginbotham. An impressive site on the history of workhouses:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/

Victorian Turkish Baths, run by Malcolm Shifrin:
http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/

The Canadian Anglo-Boer War Museum by Goldi Productions
(Interesting information, wonderful objects to look at, and music too)
http://www.angloboerwarmuseum.com/

VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHY

Sussex Photo History by David Simkin
http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/index.htm

OTHER FAMOUS VICTORIANS

Florence Nightingale website, run by Country Joe McDonald
http://www.countryjoe.com/nightingale/

ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUPS

The Sensation Novel Discussion Group is owned by Andrew Mangham:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sensation_novel/

The Victoria List of 19th Century British Culture & Society is owned by Patrick Leary. The list is full of knowledgeable members, and the archived messages are well worth checking to see if your topic has been discussed before. Both the list and the archives can be found here:
https://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/victoria.html

Bloods and Dime Novels is owned by Justin Gilbert. Primarily for the collectors of penny bloods, dreadfuls and dime novel, there is discussion of interest for anyone working on this subject:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BloodsandDimeNovels/

BOOKS

Richard Beaton
http://www.victorian-novels.co.uk/

Boz Books (Peter Harries)
http://www.bozbooks.demon.co.uk/

Tiger Books (Sylvia Harlow)
http://www.tigerbooks-online.com/

OTHER RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

Orna Mentz
This year I bought a few handmade, Victorian inspired, Christmas ornaments. Very pretty & highly recommended:
http://www.christmasballs.com/

FUN STUFF
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/game_0/
Victorian etiquette game, from the McCord Museum, Montreal. A fun link sent to me by a friend.

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