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Sat 5 Jul 2025
The Sensation Novel: Sex and Scandal in the mid-Victorian Age
Heritage
Literature
Talk
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The Leeds Library

Explore the salacious side of the Victorians!

The Sensation Novel, a popular form from the 1860s and 1870s, is a challenge to our assumptions about the Victorians. Far from being narratives about propriety and happy marriages, sensational plots are filled with crime, adultery, bigamy and misbehaviour. Join us for discussions of the key sensational novels of the 1860s-70s. You may not have heard of all the novelists, but there is a world of Victorian naughtiness to explore.   

The Leeds Library

18 Commercial Street
Leeds
LS1 6AL
United Kingdom

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    Sat 5 Jul 2025
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    Sat 5 Jul 2025
    12:00:00

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