Hi, ladies!!
Yesterday’s Victorian study was very fruitful as usual, and I am satisfied with this period for a while. When the program started on this April, the Victorian age was a world that made no sense to me, because I knew little about it. In addition, after we were given a lot of texts from Plum. I felt regret having attended the meeting so easily…
But thanks to repeated encouragement, I managed to come to the halfway point. I’m now looking forward to reading the rest.
So, see you next, bye for now.
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Hi, ladies!!!
I feel just the same way as Cherry said. Yes, we’ve already come to the middle point of the Victorian Studies. The more we know about women in the Victorian ages whether or not they belong to the upper or middle class, the more curious we become about how they live, think, and love in their daily lives. When I tried to order “Victorian Britain” on the Amazon.com, other interesting titles such as “Celts” and “the six wives of Henry VIII” draw my attention. I could not resist my impulse to buy all of them. I’m now expecting to read those beautiful books in Christmas. Plum, thank you for introducing the Pitkin History of Britain.
I’m happy to go back to the work of Takeko Kujo becasue I put aside her for almost four months after the Aichi Seminar. However, I’ve always thought of her at the corner of my mind.
While reading women in aristocracy in the Victorian reading, I compared her with English nobility, trying to catch some clues or chance to think what really motivated Takeko to go to philanthropy in the latter of her life.
Now I’d like to stop writing. See you tomorrow, my precious friends.
Hi, ladies!
I felt embarrassed yesterday because I didn’t finished reading the essays about Victorian marriage. I was also impressed with the meticulous notes of other members. Maybe I am an exceptional member of this group. Please forgive me for my easygoing way, friends. I have, however, enjoyed reading the essay. Yesterday I mentioned about the parts, which I felt fun. Please let me talk about one part again. There is a sentence, “the Common Law of England enshrined the subjection of married women to their husbands, making them little better than slaves.” But the paper also says that that Queen Victoria was only one wife who subjugated her husband, and still they were respected an ideal couple by the public. Don’t you think it was strange? Thank you for reading my ridiculous non-academic comment. Good night, friends!
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