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Re: Corbin
I agree as I've answered in your previous comment. T S Eliot was the new master of the entire twentieth century for his Nobel Proze winning The Waste Land. The British were just no match pf his masterly poem.
posted by
anib
on June 20, 2021 at 6:20 AM
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I'm pround to have been born an American Citizen!
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on June 20, 2021 at 2:40 AM
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Re: Kabu
And I respect your love for Austen and Charles Dickens.
posted by
anib
on June 19, 2021 at 8:47 PM
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Re: Good morning
Good morning Sassyass. Victorian times had their 'honorable nose' always held high and in the process, dissatisfied. It does at the outset appear as fashionable and stylish, but even then always or more or less troubled inside. Some other time, I'll elaborate on these aspects.
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anib
on June 19, 2021 at 8:43 PM
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Re: C C T
They would even have some smally educated employees read them passages from the holy Bible and scriptures to absolve them from 'no matter how serious, but petty sins'. Class differences socialites vs commoners, comparisons with the richer families, their fancies and jealousies would never afford them peace or satisfaction.
posted by
anib
on June 19, 2021 at 8:36 PM
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Re: Hello Corbin
The Victorians considered earning to live as beneath their status, otherwise that would mean that one is not of a royal family living on huge estates of their forefathers. The working class were thus servants in the service of their masters or mistresses. That is what pride meant to them. Some artificial hobbies they would pick up to show off that they were busy in some research work or some amateurish palentological excavations or the like.
posted by
anib
on June 19, 2021 at 8:28 PM
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Trivial....No Not to me...I love Jane Austin as much as I love Dickens.
posted by
Kabu
on June 19, 2021 at 1:21 PM
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Good morning
I am a fan of the Victorians and those who lived during these eras. I especially enjoy Jane Austen's stories. Thanks for sharing. 
posted by
Sherri_G
on June 19, 2021 at 7:14 AM
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I suppose one naturally exploits the age one lives in. A good education was a really good advantage. Perhaps those who could afford to buy books at that time really enjoyed a peep into that way of life.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 19, 2021 at 6:22 AM
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With all of those servants!
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on June 19, 2021 at 4:28 AM
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What a life!
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Corbin_Dallas
on June 19, 2021 at 3:55 AM
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Re: My Sea Sis
I've noticed with great happiness, your fascination for the English drama, poetry novels. Poetry, of course, being your forte. And, its natural I think so. Your parents provided you that atmosphere and the grooming. Great that I could take you down the memory lane, back in time. I too, do not have much interest in Jane Austen's writings. Feel that Pride and Prujudice she wrote an year earlier was much better than Mansfield Park, Austen herself was overtly moralistic which, in this case, Fanny Price the protagonist is who, calls herself a Christian heroine.
posted by
anib
on June 18, 2021 at 11:45 PM
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Aba Brother, thank you once again for your post. Austin is not to my personal taste with this story but you are correct, the points she makes not trivial nor are they insignificant. They are of timeless import. I remember my mother mentioning the game of whist and even when I was small the long letters were still being written by Mother and her sister. A very pleasant trip back in time from you today. Lovely. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on June 18, 2021 at 10:23 PM
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