Jacquelyn Sundberg

An online exhibition includes access to personal newspaper advertisements from 1860 to 1879 transcribed from archives. (Jacquelyn Sundberg and Nathalie Cooke)

How encrypted Victorian newspaper personal ads shaped fiction like Sherlock and Enola Holmes

Personal ads of ‘the Agony Column’ were full of longing, tragedy and profound misfortune. Intrigue they generated has had an enduring effect on literature and film.

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