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Maud : the illustrated diary of a Victorian woman by adapted by Flora Fraser is a art available to read on EtoBox.
What is Maud : the illustrated diary of a Victorian woman about?
Maud Berkeley was a remarkable woman. Born into the amiable comforts of the Victorian middle class, she was an acute observer of the world around her both in her sketches and her prose. Even in the confined world of the Isle of Wight, she contrived to squeeze every ounce of pleasure out of life. We follow her adventures, on walking expeditions, at picnics, dances; as she throws herself wholeheartedly into amateur dramatics, concerts, tennis matches, dressmaking and painting classes. Whether in her ironical and amused picture of her father- 'The Great G', as she calls him -or of the milieu of tea parties and disastrous country outings, she brings incomparably to life the foibles and obsessions of a lost and gentler age. For the twentieth century reader the picture is all the more extraordinary for the restraints and ambiguities of Victorian society. Was it quite proper to accept a cup of tea from a male acquaintance who had directed Maud to the boat in Portsmouth? Probably not. Would it be fast to let shy Mr. von Hacht paint her portrait, even if he pictured her as the perfect type of British spinster? Emphatically yes. There is the ever present desire to find freedom through a suit
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- Author
- adapted by Flora Fraser
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books Llc
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780877014294
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- History, Fiction, Art
- Rating
- 4.44 / 5 (13 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14