tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221061795371688659.post8880382756708264417..comments2024-03-16T09:13:03.926+00:00Comments on Secluded Charm: Venturing Into Victorian ToneCharmedLassiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408541277096433664noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221061795371688659.post-60834290357096886872012-05-11T10:27:55.646+01:002012-05-11T10:27:55.646+01:00Because of my PhD research, I'm reading so man...Because of my PhD research, I'm reading so many novels set in the mid-Victorian era (many bad, I'm afraid!) and I think details just absorb into the brain. I think one of the trickiest things for a modern writer trying to write something that seems authentically Victorian is the dialogue - it can easily tread the line between pretentious and Victorian. Then again, I suppose that can be said of all fiction, historical or not!CharmedLassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08408541277096433664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221061795371688659.post-29948143478942411142012-05-11T01:32:58.311+01:002012-05-11T01:32:58.311+01:00I've quite enjoyed your take on literature, th...I've quite enjoyed your take on literature, this post especially. I thought what a coincidence! as I'm also writing a novel set in the 1810's (not a Regency romance, though), and intend to do antoher in the 1870's. What do you normally take into account to give a book set in Victorian times a Victorian flavour?Caroline Helstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922512642158974870noreply@blogger.com