While its normal to romanticize the past from time to time (nostalgia is essentially a commerical industry these days), Chrisman and her husband, Gabriel, have taken their love of the Victorian era to heights as tall as an antique bicycle.
After purchasing a house built in the late 1880s, the couple have replaced most modern conveniences with late-19th-century counterparts.
They wear period dress, use an icebox in lieu of a refrigerator, and eschew lightbulbs for oil lamps.
Chrisman recently caused a stir after (ironically) writing an online piece for Vox; detractors were disgusted at her glee over an era in which women didnt even have the right to vote.
While Chrismans writing can be needlessly flowery and a little smug, curiosity and the occasional chuckle will likely keep you reading.B
