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A Private Disgrace: Lizzie Borden By Daylight
by
Victoria Lincoln (Goodreads Author)
Hardcover, 317 pages
Published
December 1990
by Time Life Education
(first published January 1st 1968)
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Great book to get your feet wet with the Borden mystery!
Ms.Lincoln would have us believe she knew Lizzie much more personally than she actually did and that she lived much closer to her when Lizzie moved into Maplecroft after the murders. In fact, she lived several houses away and was a child during her few encounters with Lizzie. I do believe she had some useful insight into the townspeople, their thoughts on the crimes and how Lizzie was regarded in the town. She certainly grew up hearing the...more
Ms.Lincoln would have us believe she knew Lizzie much more personally than she actually did and that she lived much closer to her when Lizzie moved into Maplecroft after the murders. In fact, she lived several houses away and was a child during her few encounters with Lizzie. I do believe she had some useful insight into the townspeople, their thoughts on the crimes and how Lizzie was regarded in the town. She certainly grew up hearing the...more
I have read a lot of books on Lizzie Borden but had somehow missed this one, written in 1967 by a woman who grew up in Fall River, practically next door to Lizzie. She has some interesting theories and the book is very well-researched and well-written. I like that she wastes no time trying to prove Lizzie innocent; her theory as to why Lizzie did it is very believable, and her coverage of the trial makes it clear how (and why) Lizzie literally got away with murder. A very good read even for peop...more
I sought out this book as part of a "project" to read the "honor roll" of 10 classic crime stories listed by James Hitchcock in an American Scholar essay "Murder as One of the Liberal Arts" which I photocopied years ago, probably in the 1990s. By classic, Hitchcock means a crime story which has endured and remained of interest over the years usually because some mystery still surrounds the case.
I think this book presumes some prior knowledge of the case, although if you keep focus through the wh...more
I think this book presumes some prior knowledge of the case, although if you keep focus through the wh...more
Interesting, unsettling. Downrright scary in light of Casey Anthony's very recent acquittal, and of course OJ. Makes me truly wonder at our legal process. The book is easy to read, though the construction is often circuitous, felt like reading Jane Austen, including the moments of wit. More than I ever really wanted to know about Lizzie Borden, read it as a recommendation from another book, probably would have found it less interesting but for the timing. Or maybe more so, it wouldn't have been...more
Did Lizzie Borden murder her parents? This author believes Lizzie had epileptic seizures during which she committed the murders and explains the motive. Fascinating.
This book was recommended for deletion from our public library but after reading it I think it should stay. Lincoln tries to make herself more familiar with Lizzie Borden on a personal level than I think she was, but still an interesting read.
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Stupid Goodreads inserting the wrong book again. Haven't read this one. Reading Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
Interesting version of the events of this crime. Good read!
One of the must read Lizzie Borden tomes.
Great book on Lizzie Borden. Written from facts!
Yuck. This reeks of gossip, and her theory is just too, too neat to be beliveable. Reads like fiction -- I think there's a reason for that.
This was an interesting insight on this classic unsolved mystery. The author was from Fall River and contributed some fascinating information on the character of the town and its inhabitants. She also included newly released information from the inquest and I found myself even more convinced as to the perpetrator. I was a little put off by some of the first person opinion and commentary, but it didn't detract from the book.
Interesting perspective although the author overplayed her "connection" to Borden. Overall, her racist comments about the Irish made it too difficult to take her or the book seriously.
A very thorough recounting of the Lizzie Borden case - I enjoyed the refreshing perspective, but the author's wording can be a little dense and difficult to wade through at times.
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April 30, 1998: with (above)
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August 2003: with Mom on trip
August 2, 2010: with Mom on trip to Nashville
This is a re-read for my Nanowrimo.
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VICTORIA LINCOLN was born in 1904 in Fall River, Massachusetts, where she lived until she graduated from the B.M.C. Durfee public high school in 1922.
She majored in English at Radcliffe College, married the scion of a well-to-do Southern family, divorced, and later married Victor Lowe, a professor of philosophy whose primary interest was in the work of Alfred North Whitehead. They settled in Balt...more
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She majored in English at Radcliffe College, married the scion of a well-to-do Southern family, divorced, and later married Victor Lowe, a professor of philosophy whose primary interest was in the work of Alfred North Whitehead. They settled in Balt...more
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“We wasted little time wondering how anyone, even Lizzie, could nurse for five years a smoldering, mounting, murderous hate for anyone as uninteresting as Abby Borden ... we did, however, attach grave importance to Lizzie's 'peculiar spells.”
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