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Confessions of an English green tea drinker: Sheridan Le Fanu and the medical and metaphysical dangers of green tea

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In Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 short story “Green Tea,” the Reverend Mr Robert Lynder Jennings becomes obsessively engaged in a potentially subversive research project on ancient pagans, and finds himself experimenting with green tea as a stimulant to sharpen his mind, boost his productivity, and maintain his stamina through long, sleepless nights bent over books. One day, while riding an omnibus, Jennings sees two piercing deep red eyes staring at him, and gradually realises that they belong to ...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1017/S1060150316000449

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
English Faculty
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Author
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Victorian Literature and Culture Journal website
Volume:
45
Issue:
1
Pages:
77-94
Publication date:
2017-02-13
Acceptance date:
2016-03-02
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ISSN:
1470-1553
Pubs id:
pubs:613747
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uuid:c4a5cbbd-8a4e-48f0-b7e4-c1083eb6f5c0
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613747
Deposit date:
2016-04-05

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