Dating in the 21st century can be a tricky path to manoeuvre, but in reality, the difficulties pale in comparison when compared to the complex etiquette and social pressures that one was doomed to follow in the Victorian period. One couple found this out in a unique way when their romantic love affair took a hard swipe left and turned into a tale of arsenic, scandal and mystery that could probably have been avoided had ghosting been a thing.
 
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MacGowan, Douglas (2021) The Strange Affair of Madeline Smith. Polygon, London, UK.
 


Phegley, Jennifer (2012) Courtship & Marriage in Victorian England. Praeger, Cambridge, UK.
 


The Globe (1857) A Strange Story. The Globe, Sat 4th March 1857, p.4. London, UK



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Dublin Weekly Nation (1857) The Glasgow Poisoning. Dublin Weekly nation, Sat 11th July 1857, p.13. Dublin, Ireland.