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Diana of the Crossways|George Meredith

Diana of the Crossways : A Tale of Wit, Beauty, and Scandal in Victorian Society

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" Diana Warwick, beautiful, charming and intelligent but hotheaded, becomes embroiled in a political as well as a social scandal. She says: "We women are the verbs passive of the alliance, we have to learn, and if we take to activity, with the best intentions, we conjugate a frightful disturbance. We are to run on lines, like the steam-trains, or we come to no station, dash to fragments. I have the misfortune to know I was born an active. I take my chance." Her efforts to advance her husband, through cultivating a friendship with Cabinet Minister Lord Dannisburgh, lead to scandal and alienation from her husband, Augustus Warwick. Her intention to live "independently" through writing is initially successful, but her involvement in politics brings her to grief, both personal and public."

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  • ISBN-13: 9791041946013
  • ISBN-10: 9791041946013
  • Publisher: Culturea
  • Publish Date: March 2023
  • Dimensions: 8.27 x 5.83 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.9 pounds
  • Page Count: 312

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