Birdie sings a funny song at a Nant House party, September 1847
Category: Salt Island Diaries
Shunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
The principles of similarity are at work in Heaven as they are on Earth.
Heaven is no reward for a life well-led; it is the act of leading a life well.
Shunned by Victorian society at every turn, the residents of a cliff-top boarding house create a society of their own.
A ‘lost’ poem from one of the contributors to the Salt Island Diaries
The first two diary entries, which describe the arrival of a feral girl at the cliff-house.
We are to make an entry each day, even if the entry is that nothing of interest happened. Secondly, we may not consult each other’s diaries. Finally, Clara is prone to exaggeration.
“If this world had angels, they would necessarily be the fleshy kind, and she would be of it.”
Entry 168: Ellen collects heating stones with Clara