Effie in Blindingham

Victorian wife, unaware and unashamed

About

Effie’s story is written in the form of journal entries, letters and press cuttings. To read it all (from September 1850), click on the ‘From The Start’ archive links below.

The author lives in Bath – she started writing the blog in 2007.

From the start

Read Effie's diary from the start and then click the link at the bottom of each entry to follow the story in chronological order.
What city, friends, is this?

Cast of Characters

Dauncey - Effie's cat
Effie Hatherwick - our heroine
Boo Pitt - Effie's Friend
Josiah Hatherwick - Effie's husband
Villiers - the Butler
Brigham Price - Josiah's business partner
George Waterhouse - Josiah's business partner
Jennet - the gardener and gamekeeper at Blindingham
The Girl - young servant with bastard child
Cook - the cook
Mrs Doughty - London Socialite
Little Bradstone (LB) - Boo's baby
Mrs Everdown - feisty woman from the village
Mrs Price and Mrs Waterhouse - The Wives
Ogden Browne - Clacton Hotelier
Rowena Guiser - London Socialite
The Old Girl - Effie's servant in Winter 1851
Assorted staff at Blindingham

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