Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain by Alison Winter

Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain

Alison Winter

480 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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Across Victorian Britain, apparently reasonable people twisted into bizarre postures, called out in unknown languages, and placidly bore assaults that should have caused unbearable pain all while they were mesmerized. Alison Winter's fascinating c...

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