Using the characters of Ezra Jennings, from The Moonstone, and Sherlock Holmes as my focus, I would like to explore three related themes in this essay. First of all, I’ll discuss Drugs and Drug-Users in 19th century literature. As we all know, of course, Ezra Jennings is a notable opium Continue Reading

Pyre of Myself Gently stack the corded wood together on the hilltop It has dried all Summer long Fit it cunningly like a dry-stone wall The wind must whoosh through it When the flames take Prepare yourself Pray and fast Keep vigil all the night  Bathe in the dew Before Continue Reading