Saturday Salon: A Victorian Frame of Mind

Departure Platform at Victoria Station 

The Orphan

Going to Business

I'm just beginning the new book by Lynn Shepherd who wrote the fascinating mystery, MURDER AT MANSFIELD PARK, a re-telling of MANSFIELD PARK by Jane Austen with murder and mystery setting the Regency era on its ear. I loved it and recommend it highly.

This year's book is THE SOLITARY HOUSE, a mystery based on Charles Dickens' classic, BLEAK HOUSE. I've just begun it this morning and am very much expecting to be bowled over as I was with Shepherd's previous book. To learn about Lynn Shepherd and her writing, please use this link.

This is also my long-winded way of saying that I am now in Victorian mode, hence I am sharing three of my very favorite James Tissot paintings with you. I've written about the French artist Tissot before on this blog, but far as I'm concerned, you can't say enough or see enough of his work.

To learn about James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836 - 1902), please use this link.