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Apparently Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, had close friendships with young girls. Was this unusual in Victorian England?
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Did the British Empire feel threatened by growing American power in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
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In the Count of Monte Cristo the characters often 'salute' each other. What type of salute would 19th Century French aristocrats use?
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