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Two things:
1.) it’s crazy how much historical context one can get through a fiction book but this puts upper class European noble life in perfect context.
2.) I don’t find Stendhal’s treatment of women to be especially perceptive. Actually, it feels like he only has room for semi-dominatrixes. The lauding of his writing of women seems to me to be motivated by the political concerns of his supporters.
— Oct 02, 2024 02:54PM
1.) it’s crazy how much historical context one can get through a fiction book but this puts upper class European noble life in perfect context.
2.) I don’t find Stendhal’s treatment of women to be especially perceptive. Actually, it feels like he only has room for semi-dominatrixes. The lauding of his writing of women seems to me to be motivated by the political concerns of his supporters.
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