Write Like a Victorian: A Literary Romp (A “Gilded: The Art of Heritage House” Exhibition Program)

How bad can a novel’s opening line be? Victorian novelists are renowned for flowery, ornate, and confusing sentences that became the very definition of “bad writing” for later generations. But is this prose as purple as some suggest? Find out during our “Write Like a Victorian: A Literary Romp” program, held Sunday, November 15, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Writers — non-, would-be, and actual — are invited to pull up and pit their prose against one another to prove who has penned the cringiest Victorian-style opening line. Bring your groaner to this event or write it on the spot and stand prepared to…