The Feminine Irony: Women on Women in Early-nineteenth-century English LiteratureFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1978 - 190 páginas |
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... Lord Elmwood , criticizes her " want of economy . " " Bills and drafts came upon him without number , [ while ] the account , on her part , of money expended , amounted but to ar- ticles of dress she sometimes never wore , toys that ...
... Lord Elmwood , criticizes her " want of economy . " " Bills and drafts came upon him without number , [ while ] the account , on her part , of money expended , amounted but to ar- ticles of dress she sometimes never wore , toys that ...
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... Lord Vernon , left him and their son ( by law , the husband got custody of the child ) in order to marry Lord Howard , her husband's friend . While Lady Howard had " sacrificed everything — rank , station , considera- tion , virtue ...
... Lord Vernon , left him and their son ( by law , the husband got custody of the child ) in order to marry Lord Howard , her husband's friend . While Lady Howard had " sacrificed everything — rank , station , considera- tion , virtue ...
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... Lord Howard blames his wife for their situation when he rationalizes that " women are always so full of contrivances , so wise in their own conceits - so foolish in the great conduct of human life . " Eventually , both Lord Vernon and Lord ...
... Lord Howard blames his wife for their situation when he rationalizes that " women are always so full of contrivances , so wise in their own conceits - so foolish in the great conduct of human life . " Eventually , both Lord Vernon and Lord ...
Contenido
PREFACE | 9 |
Ladies of Labor and Ladies of Leisure | 21 |
To Scrub the Floor or Dance upon | 47 |
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