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Barbara Cartland
A portrait of one of the world's popular authors explores the private life, writing career, and philosophy of Barbara Cartland
288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1985
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August 11, 2023This is very much a biography that's straight-up dictated by Cartland, which you can tell by the many, many, references to subjects that seem to interest her alone (her mother's ankle size, the amount of men in her orbit that ended up marrying women that looked suspiciously like her).
But! So much of what is interesting, stupefying, and enraging about Barbara Cartland is how Barbara Cartland sees herself. Chiffon and silk and and a sort of do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do approach to women's liberation (she will benefit from it, sure! But she's also against it), divorce, and love.
If you speak so often and so loudly maybe people won't interrogate you as often! Maybe they'll be too busy writing about your eyelashes.
But! So much of what is interesting, stupefying, and enraging about Barbara Cartland is how Barbara Cartland sees herself. Chiffon and silk and and a sort of do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do approach to women's liberation (she will benefit from it, sure! But she's also against it), divorce, and love.
If you speak so often and so loudly maybe people won't interrogate you as often! Maybe they'll be too busy writing about your eyelashes.
February 11, 2015
Very interesting. Made me think of Downton Abbey and the royalty even though the times were off a bit. Interesting British opinions of the Americans.
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