Q & A
What invention would you remove from the world?
Photography
What else would you do that everyone would hate?
Make bicycles and horses the main forms of transportation.
What's the most fun thing you've ever done?
A tour called the Thomas Hardy Walking Tour in Dorset, England, with my family and a large set of confusing paper maps.
Was it also the most fun thing they've ever done?
No, but they pretended to enjoy it at the time, which says a lot about them.
What's your favorite Dickens novel?
Little Dorritt
What 19th-century writer would you put on the cover of People's Sexiest Man Alive issue?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Which fictional Victorian would you marry?
Edward Fairfax Rochester
Which actual Victorian would you marry?
Robert Browning
What music do you love that Tom hates?
The immortal songs of John Denver. Play them at my funeral. Play them in your car.
What invention would you remove from the world?
Photography
What else would you do that everyone would hate?
Make bicycles and horses the main forms of transportation.
What's the most fun thing you've ever done?
A tour called the Thomas Hardy Walking Tour in Dorset, England, with my family and a large set of confusing paper maps.
Was it also the most fun thing they've ever done?
No, but they pretended to enjoy it at the time, which says a lot about them.
What's your favorite Dickens novel?
Little Dorritt
What 19th-century writer would you put on the cover of People's Sexiest Man Alive issue?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Which fictional Victorian would you marry?
Edward Fairfax Rochester
Which actual Victorian would you marry?
Robert Browning
What music do you love that Tom hates?
The immortal songs of John Denver. Play them at my funeral. Play them in your car.