the private diary of a Victorian lady
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Summerscale, Kate
- Publish Year
- 2013
- Shelfmark
- GR BR 1D 2013 - B
- Thesaurus
- Victoriaanse tijd, dagelijks leven, huwelijken, seksualiteit, normen, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 19e eeuw, dagboek
- Description
- In this publication the author recreates the Victorian world, chronicling in detail the life of Isabella Robinson, wherein the longings of a frustrated wife collided with a society clinging to rigid ideas about sanity, the boundaries of privacy, the institution of marriage, and female sexuality.