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Ann Levine
"Then, when Faith was five years old a book about evolution called On the Origin of Species had entered the world..." Faith is 14 throughout the bulk of the novel. On the Origin of Species was published in 1859. 14 - 5 = 9. 1859 + 9 = 1868. Also, the type of crinoline that the book discusses was popular in the late 1860's and 1870's.
Here is what they would be wearing:
https://youtu.be/dXS09skBTqA
and
https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/186...
Here is what they would be wearing:
https://youtu.be/dXS09skBTqA
and
https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/186...
Estelle
The year is 1865. When Faith is going through her father's papers, the date is printed near the top. Hope this helps!
Shona Dunn
I'd say mid 1800s. There is a reference to Myrtle wearing a crinoline and they became fashionable in the 1840s. The craniometry that is referred to began in the early 1800s and men who could afford it dabbling in studying fossils, flora and fauna was popular throughout the Victorian era.
Mary Haynes
The book is set in the Victorian era, shortly after Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859. Sometime around 1865 sounds about right.
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