Victorian Periodical Parade

Spooktacular October Ghosties and Ghoulies, What do you think of first when you hear, “The Raven?” Fear? Terror? The Simpsons? Death? Well, we thought of all of those things and more throughout this breakdown episode of “The Raven,” by Edgar Allen Poe. This eerie poem is a rollercoaster of emotions, and can elicit different ones from person to person. The foremost emotion felt by most is that of l...

Happy Spooky times to one and all, This October we shall be narrating American author, Edgar Allan Poe's famously eerie poem “The Raven.” It was published in the New York Evening Mirror On January 29, 1845 and was equally praised and panned by critics of the day. The poem made Poe famous throughout both England and America.  Most everyone already knows of the story, but in rereading, recording...

Why hello there, Today Kari Nixon, PhD, reads Things Worth Knowing from the April 18th edition of the London Journal from 1863 Welcome back to Victorian Periodical Parade, 160 years ago folks were still interested in everyday events, the royals, and travel. They were folks just like us coming up with reasons to do things, reasons for why things happened, and making sense of it all.  Today Kari rea...

Hello historians, Today Owen narrates Chapter 13 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 The Victorian Periodical Parade podcast is a time traveling vessel, going back 160 years to see what folks were interested in, and how they lived their daily lives.  As it turns out they were folks just like us, coming up with reasons to do things, reasons for why things happened, and...

Hallo friends, Today Owen narrates Chapter 12 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 The Victorian Periodical Parade podcast is a time traveling vessel, going back 160 years to see what folks were interested in, and how they lived their daily lives.  As it turns out they were folks just like us, coming up with reasons to do things, reasons for why things happened, and at...

Hello listeners old and new, Today Owen narrates Chapter 11 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 The Victorian Periodical Parade travels back in time 160 years to see what folks were interested in reading, learning about, and how they lived their daily lives.  They were folks just like us coming up with reasons to do things, reasons for why things happened, and making...

Hello hello lovely people, Today Owen reads Chapter 10 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 The Victorian Periodical Parade travels back in time 160 years to see what folks were interested in reading, learning about, and how they lived their daily lives.  They were folks just like us coming up with reasons to do things, reasons for why things happened, and making sense...

Welcome back lovely people, ------------- Today Owen reads Chapter 9 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 The Victorian Periodical Parade travels back in time 160 years to see what folks were interested in reading, learning about, and how they lived their daily lives.  They were folks just like us coming up with reasons to do things, reasons for why things happened, an...

Why hello there, Today Kari Nixon, PhD, reads Miscellany from the April 11th edition Of the London Journal from 1863 Welcome back to Victorian Periodical Parade, 160 years ago folks were still interested in royal weddings, wildlife, and how to wear your hair to your wedding reception. They were folks just like us coming up with reasons to do things, reasons for why things happened, and making sens...

Hallu Hallu, Today Owen reads Chapter 8 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 Welcome back to Victorian Periodical Parade, 160 years ago folks were still interested in royal weddings, wildlife, and how to wear your hair to your wedding reception. They were folks just like us coming up with reasons to do things, reasons for why things happened, and making sense of it all...

Hello there, Today Owen Narrates "Lady Audley's Secret" Chapter 3 Written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Published in the London Journal 1863 Welcome back to the Victorian Periodical Parade. Welcome to the reading of Chapter 3 of Lady Audley’s Secret. My name is Owen and I have messed up again, this Chapter is being published out of order. I have done this before, and I will try not to do...

Hey listener, Today Owen Narrates "Lady Audley's Secret" Chapter 7 Written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Published in the London Journal 1863 Welcome back to the Victorian Periodical Parade. We have another reading from the London Journal for you today. My name is Owen and I have been assisting Kari Nixon, PhD, by reading the fiction portions of the 1863 bound annual edition of the Londo...

Hello Lovely Vicies and Victors, I'm glad you found your way over here to the Victorian Periodical Parade Welcome to the second reading of the 1863 edition of the London Journal. Kari Nixon, PhD, compares events of the past both to events of today and similarities with "Lady Audley's Secret." In this episode there isn’t a large article that correlates directly to the reading in t...

Greetings to your Ears and Eyes, Warning, there are a handful of deaths referenced in this work. Natural deaths due to old age, as well as unfortunate circumstances, but death nonetheless. Daniel Kasper PHD is with us in this episode to breakdown the nuances of Lucy Hardy’s writing. Here is a story that breaks from the orthodox tradition of presenting cause and effect morality, and instead shifts...

S2 E1.05 A Home for Seaman's Orphans Published in the London Journal 1863 Hello World, We are glad that you have found your way into the Victorian Periodical Parade   Welcome to the breakdown episode, where Kari compares the articles published in the same issue of the London Journal to the section of Lady Audley's Secret and pulls out the knowledge hidden within. Here we find that they published a...

S2 E1.01 Owen Reads  Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Published in the London Journal 1863 Hello Lovely Vickies and Victors, I am glad you found your way over here to the Victorian Periodical Parade   Welcome to the another reading of Lady Audley's Secret. This is the last part of the second chapter. Here George describes the night he left his wife and child to set off for the colon...

Content Warning! Cursing, Talk of murder, suicide, violence, and death Hello Dear Listener! Here is the breakdown of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Do you enjoy murder mysteries? Crime stories? Breakdown episodes about such suspenseful Shilling Shockers? In this episode we talk with Daniel Kasper PhD. As the story came to an end, it left behind a legacy, but have you thought of all of...

S1 E1.01 Owen Reads  Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Published in the London Journal 1863 Hello Lovely Vicies and Victors, Im glad you found your way over here to the Victorian Periodical Parade   Welcome to the second reading of the Cornhill magazine. My name is Owen and I will be assisting Dr. Kari Nixon by reading the fiction portions of the 1862  bound annual edition. This is a...

Hello Lovely Vicies and Victors, Im glad you found your way over here to the Victorian Periodical Parade Welcome to the first reading of the Cornhill magazine. My name is Owen Curtiss and I will be assisting Dr. Kari Nixon by reading the fiction portions of the 1862  bound annual edition. This is a nice collection of literature that connects present day folks to the Victorians of a 160 years ago....

Heia Scholars, This content has been a long time coming! Very sorry for the wait! Today we get to know the author Lucy Hardy, where she comes from and when she left this realm. Johnny Mains, @ohsinnerman, collected the works of Lucy Hardy and presents them in the collection titled, “Our Lady of Hate.” This episode is the narration of the introduction written by Johnny Mains to give detail to the l...

Hello Vickies, This content has been a long time coming as it is from a nearly 3 hour recording session, with so many good things going on! Very sorry for the wait! Today we get to know the fantastic Kari Nixon PhD, even more than we already had. We learn about her beginnings as a scholar, a few of her accolades and travels. We learn more of her childhood as well as a few tidbits about mentors of...

Hello Hello Hello!   We are here with the second portion of our discussion of That Delightful Stranger, by Lucy Hardy. Written in 1896. We have broken this episode down into smaller chunks so that you could have more manageable episode lengths. Let us know if this works out better, and we can do it this way in the future.   We transition from what it means to be Lucy Hardy, to talking about Mary E...

Hello Hello Hello! We are here with a portion of our discussion of That Delightful Stranger. We have broken this episode down into smaller chunks so that you could have more manageable episode lengths. Let us know if this works out better, and we can do it this way in the future. We talk about what it means to be Lucy Hardy, and why she wrote this story as a mystery rather than as a ghost story. W...

Hello World,   Welcome to a story about the resident gentry of Shingleside, a sea side town in England, were they misinterpret the message their own story tries to tell. We have a story narrated by Mrs. Millbird, who is all knowing and says that she was present at critical events, but also heard about others via word of mouth. It's another story where the ghost is hard to find, and the protagonist...

Hello Lovely Listeners, Please welcome back the lovely Kari Nixon Ph. D!  She is back to breakdown "The West Room," written by Lucy Hardy a.k.a. Catherine Lord. This version was published in The Canterbury Journal October 25th 1895, but first WE LEARN! Then after, we will discuss the answers to last episodes Riddles, but first WE LEARN! What would you do if you had a book with text that was f...