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– cites the stories of “fasting girls” reported across Europe during the Victorian era as the inspiration for.
Perhaps the most famous case of a girl claiming to be nourished by her belief in God alone is the Welsh tween Sarah Jacob, whose vicar reported on her years of fasting in the local newspapers – with the case subsequently gaining national attention. Doctors later insisted on monitoring Jacob in hospital, where she died of starvation – leading to her parents’ conviction for manslaughter.
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