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Jan-Maat
is on page 17 of 166
This whole Muscovite princess business annoys me too. The Muscovites practused the seclusion of their elite women in the terem and they weren't allowed out until the time of Tsar Peter I in the 18th century
Given the Ottoman connection in the story wouldn't a Bulgarian or Circassian princess been more congruent? Grghhhh.
— Jan 22, 2026 12:46PM
Given the Ottoman connection in the story wouldn't a Bulgarian or Circassian princess been more congruent? Grghhhh.
Jan-Maat
is on page 7 of 166
It was very high, so high indeed that nineteen English counties could be seen beneath; and on clear days thirty or perhaps forty, if the weather was very fine.
- I suppose this is whimsy or comic hyperbole or something, i find it annoying; unfortunately for me this the narrative voice.
— Jan 22, 2026 12:30PM
- I suppose this is whimsy or comic hyperbole or something, i find it annoying; unfortunately for me this the narrative voice.
Jan-Maat
is on page 138 of 166
"Orlando was unaccountable disappointed. She had thought of literature all these years (her seclusion, her rank, her sex must be her excuse) as something wild as the wind, got as fire, swift as lightning; something errant, incalculable, abrupt, & behold, literature was an elderly gentleman talking about duchesses."
— Apr 18, 2022 07:32AM
Jan-Maat
is on page 132 of 166
"This method of writing biography, though it has its merits, is a little base, perhaps, & the reader, if we go on with it, may complain that he could recite the calendar for himself & so save his pocket whatever sum the Hogarth press may think proper to charge for this book."
— Apr 18, 2022 05:53AM
Jan-Maat
is on page 124 of 166
"No sooner had the words left her mouth than an awful suspicion rushed into their minds simultaneously,
'You're a woman shel!' She cried.
'You're a man, orlando!' He cried. "
— Apr 18, 2022 04:06AM
'You're a woman shel!' She cried.
'You're a man, orlando!' He cried. "
Jan-Maat
is on page 95 of 166
"Was it impossible then to go for a walk without being half-suffocated, presented with a toad set in emeralds , and asked in marriage by an Archduke? "
— Apr 18, 2022 12:15AM
Anyeay, i find my ectreme emotional reactuon against this text really funny. ROAR!