Victorians Archives - Regina Kammer https://reginakammer.com/category/victorians/ Provocative historical romance and contemporary romance with a touch of history Sun, 20 Oct 2024 05:59:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/reginakammer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/GenWifeCrop500x500.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Victorians Archives - Regina Kammer https://reginakammer.com/category/victorians/ 32 32 46495023 Victorians: Hysteria and the Vibrator, Part Two: The Vibrator https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-two-vibrator/ https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-two-vibrator/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2016 08:30:24 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=3125 In Part One of this blog miniseries, we learned how Victorian doctors defined “hysteria” and how they treated it. Spoiler alert: doctors used various methods of stimulation to bring women to achieve the “hysterical paroxysm”, i.e., an orgasm. Around 1879, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-two-vibrator/feed/ 1 3125 Victorians: Hysteria and the Vibrator, Part One: Hysteria https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-one-hysteria/ https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-one-hysteria/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2016 19:36:29 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=3109 I recently saw a revival of the play In The Next Room, Or The Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl. In case you haven’t heard about this play it takes place in upstate New York in the 1880s. A doctor provides … Continue reading →

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]]> https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-one-hysteria/feed/ 1 3109 Cover Reveal: Where Destiny Plays https://reginakammer.com/cover-reveal-where-destiny-plays/ Fri, 13 Mar 2015 04:05:38 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=1954 ‘Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam It’s here! The official cover reveal for Where Destiny Plays, Harwell Heirs Book 3: Harwell Heirs series: Book 1: The Pleasure … Continue reading →

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]]> 1954 Personal Reflection: In memoriam, Carl Degler https://reginakammer.com/personal-reflection-memoriam-carl-degler/ Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:10:17 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=1781 I thought I’d end the year by starting at the beginning, and by doing so, I have to start with the end of a life. Carl Degler, professor emeritus of American history at Stanford University, died on Saturday, December 27, … Continue reading →

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]]> 1781 New Releases: Victorian Pleasures https://reginakammer.com/new-releases-victorian-pleasures/ Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:50:42 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=920 I’ve mentioned my 2011 National Novel Writing Month novel, Dr. Christopher’s Device, a few times. I’m totally excited that it will be released on November 27, 2013, by Ellora’s Cave as The Pleasure Device. In October, one of my short … Continue reading →

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]]> 920 Victorian Sex: My Secret Life (Part 3) https://reginakammer.com/victorian-sex-my-secret-life-part-3/ https://reginakammer.com/victorian-sex-my-secret-life-part-3/#comments Mon, 27 May 2013 01:16:49 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=414 Where to find Walter on the Web So, where can you find My Secret Life on the Internet? Digital Text Editions My Secret Life By Anonymous Victorian “Walter” (Full Text eBook) This is the first MSL site I discovered, many … Continue reading →

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]]> https://reginakammer.com/victorian-sex-my-secret-life-part-3/feed/ 2 414 Victorian Sex: My Secret Life (Part 2) https://reginakammer.com/victorian-sex-my-secret-life-part-2/ https://reginakammer.com/victorian-sex-my-secret-life-part-2/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 22:27:00 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=380 Who was Walter? In order to answer this question, we need to establish if there is indeed a question here to answer. Uh, what? Well, is My Secret Life an autobiography or a work of fiction? If it is a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://reginakammer.com/victorian-sex-my-secret-life-part-2/feed/ 2 380 Victorian Sex: My Secret Life (Part 1) https://reginakammer.com/victorian-sex-my-secret-life-part-1/ https://reginakammer.com/victorian-sex-my-secret-life-part-1/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:14:35 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=283 This post is not about my secret life, it’s about the infamous tome published c. 1890, authored by a man known only as Walter. The book, My Secret Life, was written as a memoir and is often considered a work … Continue reading →

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