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hmmmm.
Okay, first, here's Lesley Gore singing "You Don't Own Me".
This book is basically making the same argument as the song. The difference is, Lesley Gore was a 17-year old singing about not being owned by her boyfriend, while Kate Chopin writes about a woman who is married, who has children, who wants the same sort of freedom. A much tougher sell. Oh yeah, and the novel was published in 1899 , not the 1960s.
Unlike the few other feminist novels I've read from the 19th century, there is no a ...more
Okay, first, here's Lesley Gore singing "You Don't Own Me".
This book is basically making the same argument as the song. The difference is, Lesley Gore was a 17-year old singing about not being owned by her boyfriend, while Kate Chopin writes about a woman who is married, who has children, who wants the same sort of freedom. A much tougher sell. Oh yeah, and the novel was published in 1899 , not the 1960s.
Unlike the few other feminist novels I've read from the 19th century, there is no a ...more
I've always meant to read this book because it's kind of part of the "feminist canon," and even though others I know who have read it found it remarkably dull, I thought I could at least appreciate it in its historical context.
But that didn't stop it from being dead boring.
Now, there were moments when the writing was really beautiful, able to capture subtle shifts in mood that reminded me of Edith Wharton's writing. And I can understand how revolutionary it was, at the end of the 1800s, to admit ...more
But that didn't stop it from being dead boring.
Now, there were moments when the writing was really beautiful, able to capture subtle shifts in mood that reminded me of Edith Wharton's writing. And I can understand how revolutionary it was, at the end of the 1800s, to admit ...more
Such a little gem. Got it free on Kindle too!! I think the Copyright must have expired.
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