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Showing posts with label Charlotte Lennox. Show all posts
Monday, 25 November 2024

The Female Quixote: “would certainly make a Convert of Lady Bella”

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Having now said goodbye to Arabella, I’m going to jot down some final thoughts (the blog post will be short as I’m ill and miserable).  My m...
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Sunday, 17 November 2024

The Female Quixote: “silently cursed his ill Fate, to make him in love with a Woman so ridiculous”

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1/ I’m taking back my comment earlier that Arabella’s ridiculous but lovable.  “… You are a foolish Wench! replied Arabella, smiling at [Luc...
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Friday, 15 November 2024

The Female Quixote: “she often complained of the Insensibility of Mankind, upon whom her Charms seemed to have so little Influence”

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1/ In creating a female Quixote, Charlotte Lennox has one great disadvantage: Arabella can never have the grandeur of Don Quixote—as a woman...
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Wednesday, 13 November 2024

The Female Quixote: “supposing Romances were real Pictures of Life, from them she drew all her Notions and Expectations”

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1/ My blog isn’t much read, I guess, when I keep blogging about books most people haven’t read and probably haven’t even heard of. But there...
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