Victorian Secrets

In a town surrounded by Victorian influences – be it the architecture or the historical personages whose lives are stamped on every street corner – it’s an easy thing to do, if you are a writer, to wonder what life was like back then, especially for a teenager. The following diary excerpts are entirely fictional, but laced with some expert advice about the everyday problems of being a Victorian. We’ve also tried to namedrop whenever possible to pay homage to those who ambled through the streets of Cape May way back when.

  1. Victorian Secrets – August 15, 1880

    Text by | Published June 1st, 2010 in Victorian Secrets

    Fannie’s mother opposes to her wearing pink silk to the Autumn Ball, and the Physick’s may electrify Mrs. Ralston’s cottage this winter. Not to mention, that wretched Jack the Ripper is running amok in London!

  2. Victorian Secrets – April 16, 1879

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2010 in Victorian Secrets

    Fannie’s sixteenth birthday arrives…sans calling cards. What is a Victorian girl to do?