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Charlotte declined to publish a third edition of THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL, feeling that her youngest sister's subject matter was an ‘entire mistake’.
Well then!
My #genealogy-loving sister just reliably informed me that we are direct descendants of Donnchad mac Crinain "The Sick," also known as King Duncan I of Scotland.
#Macbeth killed my granddad! #Shakespeare
Got to love the #Victorian wisdom regarding highly active female authors! See this "Womanhood" obituary by Catherine Jane Hamilton (who lived to be 95!) on the life of 66-year-old #FlorenceMarryat:
"Women who possess such unflagging energy as hers never attain a great age"
But no admission from Gradgrind that his rigid system also repressed his wife and limited her maternal role, the stress from which may have caused her early death. This part of his guilt is left unacknowledged #HardTimes2020
Apparently, Mr Bounderby is making some unintentionally exotic move with his hat, #Dickens' passing reference to the "orientalist" fad of tambourine dances imperially snitched from the Middle East #HardTimes2020
Settling down to read "#Dickens & Women Reobserved." Until now, I've only seen my own article (obviously!) which claims Lizzie Hexam's scandalous rowing in OMF is inspired by shipwreck heroine Grace Darling (1838). Now I can discover them ALL, and so should you! @Dickens_Society
Has servile Bitzer just surpassed selfish Tom Gradgrind in the Most Hated Boy category? Illustration by "Kyd." #HardTimes2020
@EmilyJLB @BuffyAntiqua @KatieVHoldway @quirk_catherine @EJBrand @GongDonkey @MercedesSheldon Is that Táin Bó Cúailnge?!