The Story Behind The Story#2
and The Spider's relation to coffee culture in Victorian Britain.
As we wrap up on The Spider I’m sharing some tidbits of research from writing the novel. This week, we’re looking at coffee culture in Britain and how coffee has been really important for the narrative of The Spider.
And Britons were really a nation of coffee lovers, not tea drinkers as popular myth has led us to believe. In 1840, Britain imported 28 mil…
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