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sparksinthevoid's review against another edition
somehow she thinks of cleopatra sailing down to meet antony, and a great longing fills her soul to sail off somewhere too.
only read a cross line and virgin soil, i'm still counting it!!
tbh, didn't really understand a cross line because i am indeed stupid.
virgin soil however has my whole heart, i do be loving an outspoken, frank woman <3
what have these years been? one long crucifixion, one long submittal to the desires of a man i bound myself to in ignorance of what it meant.
book 1 for my moderns module
only read a cross line and virgin soil, i'm still counting it!!
tbh, didn't really understand a cross line because i am indeed stupid.
virgin soil however has my whole heart, i do be loving an outspoken, frank woman <3
what have these years been? one long crucifixion, one long submittal to the desires of a man i bound myself to in ignorance of what it meant.
book 1 for my moderns module
poormansmynah's review against another edition
reflective
4.0
I normally like to make piss-take reviews about books i'm required to read for uni because i already spend so much time analysing them in class, but I actually really enjoyed this one. Egerton's ideas and characters are refreshingly frank for a book of this time period and the dialogue is some of the best kind of prose I've read. I can actually see myself coming back to this book to re-read it or to look at certain passages just for my own leisure and I know this is without a doubt one of my favourite classic novels. Period. (does it count as a classic? i'm going to call it a classic)
blankgarden's review against another edition
4.0
My thoughts on Keynotes: https://theblankgarden.com/2021/06/22/review-keynotes-1893-by-george-egerton/
libbysbookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
KEYNOTES by GEORGE EGERTON
This collection was, in fact, written by a woman. The New Woman herself. At the end of the nineteenth century, things were changing for women; they were allowed to do more than just get married and have babies, not a lot more, but it was progress.
These short stories are certainly of this time and I loved how men were often portrayed as these big, rough drunk characters or these meek types who didn’t understand their own emotions. Certainly there was an agreement here with the writing of Sarah Grand who believed men were in their infancy when it came to emotional intelligence!
Egerton herself was annoyed with man because she found they would often try to write about women; to understand them, but they would never just ask women straight up, “Yo, what’s your deal?” It would have saved a lot of pondering.
Some of these stories are fantastic in their own right (context aside) and others are entirely reliant on the reader understanding the New Woman or being the New Woman herself.
I really enjoyed this read and I will look forward to reading more about this writer and this movement.
This collection was, in fact, written by a woman. The New Woman herself. At the end of the nineteenth century, things were changing for women; they were allowed to do more than just get married and have babies, not a lot more, but it was progress.
These short stories are certainly of this time and I loved how men were often portrayed as these big, rough drunk characters or these meek types who didn’t understand their own emotions. Certainly there was an agreement here with the writing of Sarah Grand who believed men were in their infancy when it came to emotional intelligence!
Egerton herself was annoyed with man because she found they would often try to write about women; to understand them, but they would never just ask women straight up, “Yo, what’s your deal?” It would have saved a lot of pondering.
Some of these stories are fantastic in their own right (context aside) and others are entirely reliant on the reader understanding the New Woman or being the New Woman herself.
I really enjoyed this read and I will look forward to reading more about this writer and this movement.
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