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The Eternal Dungeon is my Gothic Revival series, about a medieval-style
dungeon within a Victorian-style society. As such, the series initially
has as little connection to Victorian history as a Pre-Raphaelite painting.
Only gradually, as the series progresses, will Victorian social forces
begin to exert themselves upon the dungeon.
The lack of strong Victorian references in the first novel is therefore not accidental. The anachronistically medieval state of the Eternal Dungeon in this novel represents the state of many Victorian institutions that would later find themselves, with shock, confronting the societal demands of the modern world.
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