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The Little White Horse
by Elizabeth Goudge
The writing in this book is absolutely exquisite - almost making up for the fact that the messages in this book are way off base. The main character Maria is a fiery, curious girl but is constantly being told that these qualities are bad and exclusively feminine...
She must not ‘quarrel’ or act upon her inquisitiveness - these are BAD and it is made clear to the reader that these are seen as exclusively feminine traits.
There’s a character who literally says that he hates females - he literally says this. The entire household prides itself on having no females within the house for many years before Maria arrives.
We love a bit of 19th century sexism.
She must not ‘quarrel’ or act upon her inquisitiveness - these are BAD and it is made clear to the reader that these are seen as exclusively feminine traits.
There’s a character who literally says that he hates females - he literally says this. The entire household prides itself on having no females within the house for many years before Maria arrives.
We love a bit of 19th century sexism.