Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady

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by Kate Summerscale

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I think people marry far too much; it is such a lottery, and for a poor woman--bodily and morally the husband's slave--a very doubtful happiness. -Queen Victoria to her recently married daughter Vicky

Headstrong, high-spirited, and already widowed, Isabella Walker became Mrs. Henry Robinson at age 31 in 1844. Her first husband had died suddenly, leaving his estate to a son from a previous marriage, so she inherited nothing. A successful...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1608199134

ISBN13:9781608199136

Release Date:June 2012

Publisher:Bloomsbury USA

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"

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Biography Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Women in History

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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 8 years ago

A very accurate portrayal of the oppressed sexual state women were subjected to during the Victorian age in England.

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