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In an article in the Victorian Newsletter, Hans Ostrom points out the way in which the husband "has fallen back on the most mechanically formulaic way of perceiving the troubled marriage; the problem. . . no longer exists in the marriage, but rather in the wife's femininity, in the fact that she is acting "like a woman". Double standards apply ...
The Lustful Turk, or Lascivious Scenes from a Harem is a pre-Victorian British exploitation erotic epistolary novel first published anonymously in 1828 by John Benjamin Brookes and reprinted by William Dugdale. However, it was not widely known or circulated until the 1893 edition.
Wife selling in England was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest. After parading his wife with a halter around her neck, arm, or waist, a husband would publicly auction her to the highest bidder.
The marriage lasted until the Count's death from bronchitis in 1898 [1] and, although the Countess regularly travelled to the continent to visit her husband, they did not live together after 1879. Her title as Countess of Lancaster caused displeasure to Queen Victoria, who liked to travel incognito in Europe as "Countess of Lancaster." [2]
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Secondly, although the title suggests stories about marriages, about the traditional form of man-woman relationship and about its problems, Oates also uses the term "marriage" as a metaphor, as she has stated: I believe we achieve our salvation, or our ruin, by the marriages we contract. I conceived of a book of marriages.
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Frances Milton Trollope, also known as Fanny Trollope (10 March 1779 – 6 October 1863), was an English novelist who wrote as Mrs. Trollope or Mrs. Frances Trollope.Her book, Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832), observations from a trip to the United States, is the best known.