They say beauty is pain, but for some Victorian women, beauty was death. During the mid-19th century, many fashionable women ...

Christmas cards and crackers are also Victorian inventions which the royals evangelized. In 1843, Sir Henry Cole, the first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, printed 100 festive cards ...

The over 100 recommendations to the Victorian government, including Aboriginal reparations, natural resource revenue, and ...

Lolita fashion is all about petticoats, ruffles and youthful femininity. Originally a Japanese street style export, the substyle has found fans beyond the Asian diaspora. As one observer notes ...

In a wide-ranging talk with The New York Times, Dolnick talked about Victorian morality, the appeal of the unknown and human smugness. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.