The Victorian era has gripped the collective imagination of speculative fiction writers in much the same way the medieval period influenced our forebears. The nineteenth century gave us the Penny Dreadful, Dracula, and Frankenstein, and the melding in fiction of fantasy and reality, superstition and science. A spike in child labour was followed by its marked decline as society began associating childhood with innocence.
A Very Unusual Pursuit: City of Orphans, Book One by Catherine Jinks
Allen & Unwin, $14.99 pb, 324 pp, 9781743313060
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