The Victorian Obsession with Death and Superstition
30 Morbid Minutes
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The Meaning of Good in Victorian Death
To Victorians, dying at home was what you wanted to happen. There was even this thought that the longer slow drawn out death was the way that you wanted to die. Family members were stationed at the deathbed around the clock hoping to hear some poignant last words.
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