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15 avril 2024
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Elisa Heuser, « The Welsh Fasting Girl: A Morbid Spectacle », German Historical Institute London Blog, ID : 10.58079/w82h
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The story of Sarah Jacob is a tragic one. ((E.g. ‘The drama of the Welsh fasting girl [...] has ended tragically’. Anon., ‘The Week. Topics of the Day’, The Medical Times and Gazette, 25 Dec. 1869, 738 (my emphases); ‘The second act of the Carmarthen Tragedy has been played out’. Anon., No Title, The Western Mail, 27 Dec. 1869, 2.)) On 17 December 1869, when she was not yet 13 years old, she died of starvation. There was no shortage of food or unwillingness to provide her with food, had she ...