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’others had come
Out of Arabia’s desert coasts and sands:
So dark and ugly that they made
The children very much afraid;’

oh!

is the preface not enough. why do i have to see a post-cokerant about his critics too???? but also, if a male said this, ’I cannot put up with the callous way in which the Prince treats her—it makes me angry, and I would leave it out. I know it is part of the story, but that’s no matter.’ i suppose the excuse of it being only a product of their time isn’t entirely true???

i can’t believe i find the tale of griselda much more perverse than fifty shades of grey. this sickens me i’m not even kidding

’He had, it seemed, been happy to excess;
He now prefers to make himself unsure.’

lowkey me

barely a few pages in, and already he's on a cokerant against his critics; of how much his is better

’It is different with the moral of Griselda, which encourages them to put up with the behaviour of their husbands, and seeks to show that there is no husband so brutal and capricious that, through her patience, an upright woman cannot change his character.’

ok 😀 not a good sign…