The Dark Family Secret Hidden Inside The Red Shoes
How Andersen's childhood, class shame, and strict Lutheran faith shaped his darkest fairy tale.
Below Stairs at Christmas: A Victorian Servant Speaks
Read Hannah Cullwick's 1863 diary—a Victorian maid-of-all-work reveals the exhausting reality of Christmas below stairs.
The Yellow Wallpaper: The Medical History Behind Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Story
Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote The Yellow Wallpaper as a response to the rest cure. The real medical context behind one of literature's most unsettling stories.
Dracula and the History of Blood Transfusions: Science, Sex, and Victorian Anxiety
Bram Stoker wrote Dracula as blood transfusion was becoming real medicine. How the novel reflects Victorian fears about science, sexuality, and women's bodies.
The 'Queen of Hysterics' and 19th-Century Theatrical Hysteria
Meet Blanche Wittmann, the 'queen of hysterics' at Charcot's Salpêtrière Hospital, where medical demonstrations became theatrical spectacles.
The Surprising Connection Between Freud and Greek Mythology
Discover how Freud used Greek myths like Oedipus to unlock the unconscious—and why ancient stories became the foundation of psychoanalysis.
The Dark Family Secret Hidden Inside The Red Shoes
How Andersen's childhood, class shame, and strict Lutheran faith shaped his darkest fairy tale.
Below Stairs at Christmas: A Victorian Servant Speaks
Read Hannah Cullwick's 1863 diary—a Victorian maid-of-all-work reveals the exhausting reality of Christmas below stairs.
The Yellow Wallpaper: The Medical History Behind Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Story
Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote The Yellow Wallpaper as a response to the rest cure. The real medical context behind one of literature's most unsettling stories.
Dracula and the History of Blood Transfusions: Science, Sex, and Victorian Anxiety
Bram Stoker wrote Dracula as blood transfusion was becoming real medicine. How the novel reflects Victorian fears about science, sexuality, and women's bodies.
The 'Queen of Hysterics' and 19th-Century Theatrical Hysteria
Meet Blanche Wittmann, the 'queen of hysterics' at Charcot's Salpêtrière Hospital, where medical demonstrations became theatrical spectacles.
The Surprising Connection Between Freud and Greek Mythology
Discover how Freud used Greek myths like Oedipus to unlock the unconscious—and why ancient stories became the foundation of psychoanalysis.