Meet the Real Dr. Frankenstein

The Italian scientist who sparked an electric revolution that led to the beloved horror story—and the battery

By Molly Glick

https://nautil.us/meet-the-real-dr-frankenstein-1245010/

Galvani and Frankenstein at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/27281
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Luigi Galvani - De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius, Tav. 1 Luigi Galvani experiment on frogs legs. In this 18th-century scientific engraving, Galvani demonstrates how electricity can cause muscular movement in a dissected frog’s legs. The scene typically shows frog limbs connected by metal wires to an electrical source or to a metal arc, producing visible contractions when the circuit is completed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Galvani#/media/File:Luigi_Galvani_Experiment.jpeg

Victorian Horror and the Search for Truth

by Emily Erwin

https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/victorian-horror-and-the-search-for-truth/

The Woman in White at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/583

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Walter Hartright's first encounter with 'The Woman in White'. Illustration by Thomas Eyre Macklin. Illustration for The Woman in White, a lithograph by Thomas Eyre Macklin RBA (1867–1943), a British artist, illustrator and sculptor. It depicts the haunting nighttime meeting between the young drawing master Walter Hartright and the mysterious woman dressed entirely in white, from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. The scene shows the two figures standing on a dimly lit country road. Walter, dressed in formal Victorian attire with a tall hat and cloak, looks toward the woman with a mix of surprise and concern. The woman in white, her expression anxious and imploring, gestures toward the distance as she asks, “Is that the road to London?” Her light gown and bonnet stand out against the shadowed background and cloudy night sky, enhancing her spectral presence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)#/media/File:Illustration_by_Thomas_Eyre_Macklin_for_The_Woman_in_White_(1).jpg

LULLY TRIGGERS. Thieves who steal wet linen. Cant.

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HUNT'S DOG. He is like Hunt's dog, will neither go to church nor stay at home. One Hunt kept a mastiff, who on being shut up on Sundays, howled, thus his master resolved to take him to church with him: but when he came to the church door, the dog refused to enter.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HUNT'S DOG. He is like Hunt's dog, will neither go to church nor stay at home. One Hunt kept a mastiff, who on being shut up on Sundays, howled, thus his master resolved to take him to church with him: but when he came to the church door, the dog refused to enter. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CATAMARAN. An old scraggy woman; from a kind of float made of spars and yards lashed together, for saving ship-wrecked persons.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CATAMARAN. An old scraggy woman; from a kind of float made of spars and yards lashed together, for saving ship-wrecked persons. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

DRAIN. Gin: so called from the diuretic qualities imputed to that liquor.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DRAIN. Gin: so called from the diuretic qualities imputed to that liquor. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

7 Best-Selling 19th-Century Female Novelists Who Aren’t Jane Austen

Add these forgotten novels to your TBR pile.

By Rebecca Batley

https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/bestselling-victorian-female-authors

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/630
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2824
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1177
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/939
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Maria Edgeworth by John Downman, 1807. It depicts the Anglo-Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth at approximately forty years of age. She is shown from the bust upward, wearing a light dress of the Regency style and a delicate frilled bonnet tied under her chin. Her dark, softly curled hair frames a composed and thoughtful face. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth#/media/File:Maria_Edgeworth_by_John_Downman_1807.jpg

HANDSOME. He is a handsome-bodied man in the face; a jeering commendation of an ugly fellow. Handsome is that handsome does: a proverb frequently cited by ugly women.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HANDSOME. He is a handsome-bodied man in the face; a jeering commendation of an ugly fellow. Handsome is that handsome does: a proverb frequently cited by ugly women. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

What Is the Symbolism of the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland?

"Many of Lewis Carroll’s characters have been analyzed as symbolic, and one of the most captivating is the time-obsessed White Rabbit, whose sudden appearance in Alice’s world serves as the catalyst for her extraordinary adventures."

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Cover of Good Housekeeping March 1923. Alice is surrounded by the White Rabbit, Dormouse, Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts, Gryphon, The Duchess, and the Mock Turtle.

BATCHELOR'S SON. A bastard.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BATCHELOR'S SON. A bastard. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

Ed Simon Explores the Terror of Being Buried Alive and Americanism in Poe’s Work

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Poe depicted in a modern retouched version from the “Ultima Thule” daguerreotype. Poe’s face is sharply defined with strong lighting emphasizing his cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and somber expression. His hair frames his face, slightly tousled, and he has a mustache characteristic of his known appearance. He wears a dark coat or jacket, with a white shirt or cravat visible at the neck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe#/media/File:Edgar_A._Poe_-_NARA_-_528345_(cropped).jpg

JEMMY FELLOW. A smart spruce fellow.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): JEMMY FELLOW. A smart spruce fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

TO BUM. To arrest a debtor. The gill bummed the swell for a thimble; the tradesman arrested the gentleman for a watch.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO BUM. To arrest a debtor. The gill bummed the swell for a thimble; the tradesman arrested the gentleman for a watch. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

RICHAUD SNARY. A dictionary. A country lad, having been reproved for calling persons by their christian names, being sent by his master to borrow a dictionary, thought to shew his breeding by asking for a Richard Snary.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): RICHAUD SNARY. A dictionary. A country lad, having been reproved for calling persons by their christian names, being sent by his master to borrow a dictionary, thought to shew his breeding by asking for a Richard Snary. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

MASTER OF THE WARDROBE. One who pawns his clothes to purchase liquor.

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CAPTAIN COPPERTHORNE'S CREW. All officers; a saying of a company where everyone strives to rule.

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GALLEY FOIST. A city barge, used formerly on the lord mayor's day, when he was sworn in at Westminster.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GALLEY FOIST. A city barge, used formerly on the lord mayor's day, when he was sworn in at Westminster. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BAWBELS, or BAWBLES. Trinkets; a man's testicles.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BAWBELS, or BAWBLES. Trinkets; a man's testicles. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

PICKLE. An arch waggish fellow. In pickle, or in the pickling tub; in a salivation. There are rods in brine, or pickle, for him; a punishment awaits him, or is prepared for him. Pickle herring; the zany or merry andrew of a mountebank. See JACK PUDDING.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PICKLE. An arch waggish fellow. In pickle, or in the pickling tub; in a salivation. There are rods in brine, or pickle, for him; a punishment awaits him, or is prepared for him. Pickle herring; the zany or merry andrew of a mountebank. See JACK PUDDING. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

JENNY. An instrument for lifting up the grate or top of a show-glass, in order to rob it. CANT.

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BRANDY-FACED. Red-faced, as if from drinking brandy.

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CANTERBURY STORY. A long roundabout tale.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CANTERBURY STORY. A long roundabout tale. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

APOTHECARY'S BILL. A long bill.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): APOTHECARY'S BILL. A long bill. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

RECKON. To reckon with one's host; to make an erroneous judgment in one's own favour. To cast-up one's reckoning or accounts; to vomit.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): RECKON. To reckon with one's host; to make an erroneous judgment in one's own favour. To cast-up one's reckoning or accounts; to vomit. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BAT. A low whore: so called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BAT. A low whore: so called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

HEELS. To he laid by the heels; to be confined, or put in prison. Out at heels; worn, or diminished: his estate or affairs are out at heels. To turn up his heels; to turn up the knave of trumps at the game of all-fours.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HEELS. To he laid by the heels; to be confined, or put in prison. Out at heels; worn, or diminished: his estate or affairs are out at heels. To turn up his heels; to turn up the knave of trumps at the game of all-fours. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

COB, or COBBING. A punishment used by the seamen for petty offences, or irregularities, among themselves: it consists in bastonadoing the offender on the posteriors with a cobbing stick, or pipe staff; the number usually inflicted is a dozen.

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CLUNCH. An awkward clownish fellow.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CLUNCH. An awkward clownish fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

MONOSYLLABLE. A woman's commodity.

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TOFSY-TURVY. The top side the other way; i.e. the wrong side upwards; some explain it, the top side turf ways, turf being always laid the wrong side upwards.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TOFSY-TURVY. The top side the other way; i.e. the wrong side upwards; some explain it, the top side turf ways, turf being always laid the wrong side upwards. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

NOLL. Old Noll; Oliver Cromwell.

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COCK PIMP. The supposed husband of a bawd.

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UNFORTUNATE GENTLEMEN. The horse guards, who thus named themselves in Germany, where a general officer seeing them very awkward in bundling up their forage, asked what the devil they were; to which some of them answered, unfortunate gentlemen.

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TO FRISK. Used by thieves to signify searching a person

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DUBBER. A picker of locks. CANT.

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ASK, or AX MY A-E. A common reply to any question; still deemed wit at sea, and formerly at court, under the denomination of selling bargains. See BARGAIN.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): ASK, or AX MY A-E. A common reply to any question; still deemed wit at sea, and formerly at court, under the denomination of selling bargains. See BARGAIN. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

NORTH ALLERTONS. Spurs; that place, like Rippon, being famous for making them.

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TO CLUTCH THE FIST. To clench or shut the hand. Clutch fisted; covetous, stingy. See CLOSE-FISTED.

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AMEN CURLER. A parish clerk.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AMEN CURLER. A parish clerk. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BARKSHIRE. A member or candidate for Barkshire, said of one troubled with a cough, vulgarly styled barking.

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BOOBY, or DOG BOOBY. An awkward lout, clodhopper, or country fellow. See CLODHOPPER and LOUT. A bitch booby; a country wench.

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GRUNTING PECK. Pork, bacon, or any kind of hog's flesh.

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LIMBS. Duke of limbs; a tall awkward fellow.

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TOAD EATER. A poor female relation, and humble companion, or reduced gentlewoman, in a great family, the standing butt, on whom all kinds of practical jokes are played off, and all ill humours vented.

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CURMUDGEON. A covetous old fellow, derived, according to some, from the French term coeur mechant.

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BUGAROCH. Comely, handsome. IRISH.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUGAROCH. Comely, handsome. IRISH. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)