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The Bertrams [Excerpt]
Anthony Trollope'sThe Bertrams (1859) is a rare example of a nineteenth-century novel that depicts a one-eyed female character. Whereas male…
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Barchester Towers [Excerpt]
Anthony Trollope’s Barchester Towers (1857), the second novel in his “Chronicles of Barsetshire” series, details the public…see more
Webster’s Otaphone, a Patented Hearing Aid
UK patent #7033, dated 17 March 1836,is the earliest British patent for a hearing aid device, granted to the aurist (19th century term for ear…see more
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame [Excerpt]
One of the most well known nineteenth-century fictional representations of disability is that of Quasimodo, the deaf and disabled bell-ringer in…see more
