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Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
086 Decorative Electricity: The Final Chapter
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
1891. We return, once again, to Mrs. J. E. H. Gordon's fantastical book, Decorative Electricity (with a Chapter on Fire Risks), for the as-of-yet unheard epilogue. Paddington Station gets electrified. Dynamos are real and also basically volcanoes. Bears remain highly controversial. And through it all, Mrs. Gordon is here to guide us with her own peculiar brand of Victorian sass.
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loving the candid banter on antiques.