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As the use of letters increased in popularity, guides began to emerge on how to correctly write and form a letter and as to what was proper, and what was not. Many of these Victorian conventions are a way of understanding tensions in nineteenth-century England, such as the urge to speak from the heart, but never more than was proper.[citation needed]

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Victorian letter writing guides

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[citation needed] A letter's physical appearance, in addition to its content, was a concern for letter-writing guides. For men, guides advocated plain paper...

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Love letter

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Ars dictaminis

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of letter writing instruction. Formulary (model documents) Victorian letter writing guides De conscribendis epistolis Murphy, James Jerome (1974). Rhetoric...

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Dear Boss letter

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The "Dear Boss" letter was a message allegedly written by the notorious unidentified Victorian serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. Addressed to the...

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Victorian Turkish baths

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The Victorian Turkish bath is a type of bath in which the bather sweats freely in hot dry air, is then washed, often massaged, and has a cold wash or...

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From Hell letter

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The "From Hell" letter (also known as the "Lusk letter") was a letter sent with half of a preserved human kidney to George Lusk, the chairman of the Whitechapel...

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Life writing

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memoir, diary, letter, testimony, and personal essay. David McCooey highlights the interplay between literary and empirical writing. McCooey emphasizes...

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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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killed himself. They find a letter from Jekyll to Utterson. Utterson reads Lanyon's letter, then Jekyll's. Lanyon's letter reveals his deterioration resulted...

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Long s

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known as the medial s or initial s, is an archaic form of the lowercase letter ⟨s⟩, found mostly in works of the late 8th to early 19th centuries. It replaced...

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English literature

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Carol T. Christ, Victorian and Modern Poetics. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986); "Robert Browning", The Bloomsbury Guide to English Literature...

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Literacy

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be viewed as "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written...

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List of writing genres

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Writing genres (more commonly known as literary genres) are categories that distinguish literature (including works of prose, poetry, drama, hybrid forms...

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Apostrophe

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pronunciation is intended. The style guides of The Economist and The Guardian omit the extra s in this case. Some style guides advise that Classical, biblical...

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Penny Black

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May 2022. Golden, Catherine J. (2009). Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3379-2. Holyoake...

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Victorian Certificate of Education

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The Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) is one credential available to secondary school students who successfully complete year 11 and 12 in the...

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This House of Grief

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wry yet urgent—inspires trust." The Victorian Chief Justice, The Hon. Marilyn Warren AC wrote a congratulatory letter to Garner on the release of the book...

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Jack the Ripper

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similar to the "Dear Boss" letter, and mentioned the canonical murders committed on 30 September, which the author refers to by writing "double event this time"...

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Florence Nightingale

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of the time – writing and mathematics.: 98  Lytton Strachey was famous for his book debunking 19th-century heroes, Eminent Victorians (1918). Nightingale...

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Ned Kelly

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sympathiser turned police informer. In a manifesto letter, Kelly—denouncing the police, the Victorian government and the British Empire—set down his own...

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Travel literature

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travel literature or travelogue encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. One early travel memoirist in Western literature...

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Dash

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Academic Writing Tutor. Retrieved 2 September 2013. Griffith, Benjamin W; et al. (2004). Pocket Guide to Correct Grammar. Barron's Pocket Guides. Woodbury...

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2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum

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Similar to New South Wales, the Victorian Liberal Party has allowed its members a conscience vote on the issue. The Victorian branch has not yet declared...

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Walter Sholto Douglas

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(February 2000). "The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English; Lorna Sage. The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English. Cambridge: Cambridge...

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