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Posts tagged Charles Dickens

DEAR JOHN

DEAR JOHN

Facts in Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism – Chauncy Hare Townshend

BooksAmy Ellingham6 September 2023Chauncy Hare Townshend, Elliotson, Dr John Elliotson, Charles Dickens, mesmerism, mesmerist, Royal Commission, telepathy, Marquis de Puységur, Mesmer

MOSCHELES… OR MEPHISTOPHELES?

MOSCHELES… OR MEPHISTOPHELES?

In Bohemia with du Maurier – Felix Moscheles

BooksAmy Ellingham23 February 2022Felix Moscheles, George du Maurier, Trilby, Svengali, mesmerism, seance, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Head Hacking

LIFE, DEATH, AND SOMETHING IN BETWEEN

LIFE, DEATH, AND SOMETHING IN BETWEEN

Tales of Mystery and Imagination – Edgar Allan Poe

BooksAmy Ellingham20 May 2020Fiction, Mesmerism, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, George du Maurier, Chauncy Hare Townshend