Confessions of an English green tea drinker: Sheridan Le Fanu and the medical and metaphysical dangers of green tea

In Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 short story “Green Tea,” the Reverend Mr Robert Lynder Jennings becomes obsessively engaged in a potentially subversive research project on ancient pagans, and finds himself experimenting with green tea as a stimulant to sharpen his mind, boost his productivity, and mainta...

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Main Author: Dickson, M
Format: Journal article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017