Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages

by Phyllis Rose | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 0394524322 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingeponine38wing of Winchester, Massachusetts USA on 6/23/2017
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Journal Entry 1 by wingeponine38wing from Winchester, Massachusetts USA on Friday, June 23, 2017
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In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses the marriages of five Victorian writers who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor: Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, and George Eliot--née Marian Evans.
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Ordered from BWB as a belated birthday gift. Hope you like it!

Journal Entry 2 by wingeponine38wing at Winchester, Massachusetts USA on Monday, June 26, 2017

Released 6 yrs ago (6/26/2017 UTC) at Winchester, Massachusetts USA

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BWB notified me that the book has shipped. Travel safely!

Happy Belated Birthday, Bookworm-lady!

Journal Entry 3 by wingBookworm-ladywing at Madrid, Madrid Spain on Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Thank you sooo much for this WishList book; this time it has arrived earlier than its label.
I watched the film "Effie Gray" recently, and a search led to this book, so I am really looking forward to reading it! :)

Journal Entry 4 by wingBookworm-ladywing at Madrid, Madrid Spain on Monday, August 21, 2017
Currently reading it... it's brilliant! Characters really come alive. :)

Journal Entry 5 by wingBookworm-ladywing at Madrid, Madrid Spain on Sunday, September 10, 2017
Well, I can say I have really enjoyed reading this book, it has lived up to my expectations, and I think I am going to keep it, so that I can re-read it in the future at leisure.
Some couples were more interesting or well-known than others (at least for me), particularly the Ruskins and George Eliot & George Lewes. But overall, it was great to be immersed in that particular age and time, and to see that, unfortunately, many habits / beliefs regarding marriage are still alive in our modern times.
A very well researched book, with many bibliographical references, and a great chronology at the end, linking everything together.
Looking forward to read Jessie Bernard's "The Future of Marriage"; the writer comments:
"...which points out how much better marriage works for men than for women. Bernard believes, however, that it is the role of housewife enjoined by traditional marriage rather than marriage per se which weakens women and helps men to thrive."
Ah, I am also eager to read Victorian Murderesses, cited in this book also...
Thanks for making this book available to me, eponine38!

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