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“Mackay’s masterwork sets out in crystalline and quotable prose how men and women throughout history have been hustled, scammed, bamboozled and willingly led astray by themselves or others.”

—Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds is available as a free ebook from @gutenberg_org

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Project GutenbergMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by MackayFree kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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“Charles Mackay's book … enjoys extraordinarily high renown in the financial industry and among the press and the public. It also has an extraordinarily low reputation among historians. […] Mackay’s story provides another example of a renowned expert on bubbles who decides that ‘this time is different.’”

—Andrew Odlyzko, SSRN, 26 Feb 2011
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Charles Mackay's Own Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Railway Mania Andrew Odlyzko Abstract Charles Mackay's book "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" enjoys extraordinarily high renown in the financial industry and among the press and the public. It also has an extraordinarily low reputation among historians. This paper argues that Mackay's sins of commission were dwarfed by his sins of omission. He lived through several giant investment manias in Britain, yet he did not discuss them in his books. An investigation of Mackay's newspaper writings shows that he was one of the most ardent cheerleaders for the Railway Mania, the greatest and most destructive of these episodes of extreme investor exuberance. Mackay's story provides another example of a renowned expert on bubbles who decides that "this time is different." His moves through a sequence of delusions help explain the length and damage of the Railway Mania. He was a free market and technology enthusiast, and faced many issues that are important today, such as government ownership or regulation, interconnection, standardization, structural separation, and analogs to net neutrality. A crushing national debt and high unemployment in an economy pulling out of a deep depression (and in perceived danger of falling into another one) were very important in shaping attitudes towards railway expansion. The analogies and contrasts between Mackay's time and ours are instructive.
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“its power as a starter in crowd psychology comes from Mackay’s insistence on humanising the follies he describes. No macroeconomic constructs here – just good old greed, optimism, superstition & cunning plans”

—Charles Mackay (1814–1889) was born #OTD, 27 March – best remembered today for his 1841 book Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds

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Rachel
So many probably wouldn’t assume this of me because the cute aesthetic of a lot if my store, but I’m an old goth who has always loved the subject of Victorian mourning and am a collector of Victorian mourning jewelry.

This is probably a pretty niche collection, but those who like the subject, I hope find you some appreciation in this little labor of love.

This set of 6 decorative buttons feature symbols commonly used in Victorian mourning jewelry all in black acrylic for that jet/onyx look.

#victorian #victorianmourning #macabre #gothic #goth #gothaesthetic #gothcrafts #crafts #sewing #knitting #crochet #craftsupplies #fashion #costume #cosplay #handmade #historical #thecraftbunnystore
#thecraftbunnystore
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Baa Baa Brighouse

Calling all those who signed up for the Baa Baa Brighouse Book Club - it's time for the big reveal!

Introducing 'A Tale of Two Cities', a 100g skein of hand dyed 100% British Bluefaced Leicester 4 ply high twist yarn. There are two skeins in each box.

Included in the box is a copy of the Penguin Clothbound Classic edition of the book and a tin of Victorian style tea.

Boxes are already on their way. Happy knitting!

Picture shows two skeins of yarn positioned diagonally in shades of red and dark blue. At the head of the yarn stood on its end is a copy of the Penguin Clothbound Classic edition of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. The book is dark blue with a repetitive red knitting pattern on it. Behind the yarn is a tin of Victorian style tea. The tin is green with an ornate floral pattern on it.
Picture shows two skeins of yarn, one behind the other, in shades of red and dark blue.
Picture shows an open A4 box contianing two skeins of yarn in shades of red and dark blue, a copy of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities and a tin of tea.
Picture shows a closed A4 box tied with navy blue ribbon.
#yarn#knitting#crochet
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“THE DYNAMITER is a hugely inventive & brilliant book, at once a political thriller, a blackly comic satire, & a female adventure”

Download a free ebook of THE DYNAMITER by Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson via @gutenberg_org

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Project GutenbergThe Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van de Grift StevensonFree kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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Frances Matilda Van de Grift was born #OTD, 10 March, 1840, in Indianapolis. An author in her own right, in 1880 she married Robert Louis Stevenson, a man ten years her junior.

Professor Penny Fielding explores the dangerous collaboration between them in their 1885 co-authored novel THE DYNAMITER: granting female agency on the page & in life

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Dangerous Women Project · A Dangerous Collaboration - Dangerous Women ProjectPenny Fielding explores the dangerous collaboration between Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife, Fanny: granting female agency on the page and in life.
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Amalia Zeichnerin
Continuing with this series of characterportraits: Alec Maynard is an artist in my Victorian Urba Fantasy novel series "Berlingtons Geisterjäger", set in the 1880ies in London (only available in German).
Portrait: watercolour
Background: photo from Pixabay, altered with a photo filter.

I have two more images in this portrait series and am going to post them soon.

#characterportrait #charakterportrait #portraitpainting #portrait #fediart #pixelfedart #mastoart #BerlingtonsGeisterjäger #UrbanFantasy #Victorian #London
Alec has dark brown hair and eyes of the same colour. He is looking sideways past the viewer and wears a black suit with a bow tie. In the background, the Elisabeth Tower can be seen, across the river Thames.
#london
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Excessively Diverting

As winter ends, there is no shortage of virtual events! This spring, join virtual book groups and talks from Jane Austen's wardrobe and so much more!. Don't worry! The Brontës also have a lot going on this spring and summer, too!. Most events are free! Details > excessivelydiverting.substack.

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #EmilyBronte #CharlotteBronte #AnneBronte #Victorian @romancelandia #JaneAusten

A black and white image of Jane Austen holding a pink laptop.
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An amazing find in the attic
I can only guess that this was acquired some time ago; either bought, found or by attendance at the event (rather unlikely)
He died 16th January 1864 (according to Google - other search engines are available, we shouldn't be supporting this one any more I know)

An amazing find in the attic I can only guess that this was acquired some time ago; either bought, found or by attendance at the event. Image is of a program of the Duke of Athole's memorial service. Entitled the 'Dirge' Died 16th January 1864
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Letterform Archive

Trautmann, Bailey, and Blampey (lithographers), trade card for Bortree Manufacturing Co., NY, ca. 1880.

In 2023 we announced that the Richard Sheaff Ephemera Collection had found a home at Letterform Archive: letterformarchive.org/news/ric The work to process over 26,000 trade cards, visiting cards, labels, tickets, and other ephemera is ongoing. Here’s another peek.

Two panels of a folded card. On the left panel is an illustration of two women peeking through a door keyhole. On the right panel is text inside a decorative frame: “The Secret Out at Last: Why Mrs. Brown Has Such a Perfect Figure”.
The right side of the card is unfolded to reveal an illustration of a woman in a corset.
Backside of the card shows the first text panel on left, and a longer text on the right, titled with “Adjustable Duplex Corset”.
#Ephemera#1880s#Victorian
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Amalia Zeichnerin
It's Valentine's Day, time for a sapphic couple portrait painting (fan artwork from 2012): Kitty Butler and Nancy Astley, the main characters in the Victorian period movie "Tipping the Velvet", based on the same called novel by Sarah Waters (starring Rachael Stirling as Nancy "Nan" Astley and Keeley Hawes as Kitty Butler).

#portrait #characterportrait #portraitpainting #mastoart #pixelfedart #fediart
#fanart #victorian #sapphic #lesbian #sarahwaters #keeleyHawes #RachaelStirling #fanartwork #TippingTheVelvet #periodfilm
The two women are standing in front of a building, closely to each other. They are wearing Victorian fashion and hats, in mauve/pink and dark blue. One of them has dark brown hair, the other one is blond. Both are looking at the viewer and one has her hand (in a glove) on the belly of the other one.
#periodfilm
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Baa Baa Brighouse

Calling all those who signed up for the Baa Baa Brighouse Book Club - it's time for the big reveal!

Introducing 'Hard Times', a 100g skein of hand dyed 100% British Bluefaced Leicester 4 ply high twist yarn. There are two skeins in each box.

Included in the box is a copy of the Penguin Clothbound Classic edition of the book and a tin of Victorian style tea.

Boxes are already on their way. Happy knitting!

Picture shows two skeins of yarn positioned diagonally in shades of green. At the head of the yarn stood on its end is a copy of the Penguin Clothbound Classic edition of Charles Dickens' Hard Times. The book is green with a repetitive horse pattern on it. Behind the yarn is a tin of Victorian style tea. The tine is green.
Picture shows two skeins of yarn, one behind the other, in shades of green.
Picture shows an open A4 box containing two skeins of yarn in shades of green, a copy of the Penguin Clothbound Classic edition of Charles Dickens' Hard Times and a tin of tea.
Picture shows a closed A4 box tied with green ribbon.
#yarn#knitting#crochet
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