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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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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 124.4KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1017/S1060150316000449
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- 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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1470-1553
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pubs:613747
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- pubs:613747
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- 2016-04-05
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- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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- © Cambridge University Press 2016. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Cambridge University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1060150316000449
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