Fake it till you make it - was that the motto of #VictorianWriters like #WilkieCollins, the #Brontës, #Thackeray & #Stevenson? Find our more in Ellen Stockstill's study of Victorian documentary novels of 4 genres, incl #LifeWriting

https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1856797937

#VictorianLiterature

#WilkieCollins #DetectiveFiction #VictorianLiterature #Mysteries #GhostStories #Novelist #Novels #VictorianWriters #TheWomanInWhite #TheMoonstone

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/08/where-to-start-with-wilkie-collins

Remember: Never use a big word when a singularly unloquacious and diminutive linguistic expression will satisfactorily accomplish the contemporary necessity.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #WritersLife #Writing #WritingCommunity #Verbose #Victorians #VictorianWriters #Victorian #WritingAdvice #WritersCommunity