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What can appear to us twenty-first century people to be an unhealthy fascination with death and mourning in Victorian culture may in fact have been a source of powerful mental resilience. They were 'in touch' with birth and death. Today grieving and mourning are perceived as weakness, almost sickness, to be conquered and overcome. It might be better to accept bereavement, as the Victorians did, as an integral part of life.
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― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
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A species of madness' had come upon her, [Dr Clark] claimed ... but these fears were greatly amplified by the fact that Victoria was approaching that time of life when Victorian women in general were believed to lose control of themselves: the menopause. ... Menopausal women, contemporary doctors hinted, would become sex maniacs.
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― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow