tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post5848555841763685906..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The Past is a Foreign CountryDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-61504426056256267602013-02-22T15:26:00.742-08:002013-02-22T15:26:00.742-08:00The past may only be 50 years. My niece asked me w...The past may only be 50 years. My niece asked me why the girl getting pregnant in Dirty Dancing is such a big deal and why getting an abortion almost killed her. The times change and history changes with it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04813461025521549175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-52207864976776354792013-02-22T12:55:44.742-08:002013-02-22T12:55:44.742-08:00It's easy to forget about cultural history whe...It's easy to forget about cultural history when we do research, or especially when we read historical fiction. It's my favorite part of reading this genre, but it does make your brain work!Nancy Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209727822644631003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-53289849723747123542013-02-22T12:31:39.569-08:002013-02-22T12:31:39.569-08:00True, Georgiana's money would have bought her ...True, Georgiana's money would have bought her way back into Society after a while. For her, the issue is more how her personality would handle stigmatization. How would being ostracized affect someone naturally shy, already unsure of her own guilt or innocence? (Not being naturally shy or unsure, I can only guess.)Nancy Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209727822644631003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-12838662553615530772013-02-22T08:46:42.367-08:002013-02-22T08:46:42.367-08:00It really is! Good post.It really is! Good post.Gerri Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517461664702276613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-87940937350015438282013-02-22T06:42:42.122-08:002013-02-22T06:42:42.122-08:00I've used this quote before, because I truly b...I've used this quote before, because I truly believe it. Without an understand of the cultural history, there is nothing. I had a beta reader ask me why my heroine didn't want a reputation a a jilt when she wanted to be left alone. Being left alone doesn't mean she want's a bad reputation. My job to make it clear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-86247557067547133312013-02-22T05:00:23.776-08:002013-02-22T05:00:23.776-08:00Well said! Well said! Lauren Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938146663557663891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-31140002441730383742013-02-22T03:10:41.019-08:002013-02-22T03:10:41.019-08:00Perfect. Another absolutely 'lightbulb moment&...Perfect. Another absolutely 'lightbulb moment' and a perfect saying to illustrate it. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-70196264835672483972013-02-22T01:19:17.068-08:002013-02-22T01:19:17.068-08:00This is a truly important point that very few nove...This is a truly important point that very few novelists and readers seem to understand. I've written about it on my blog several times under various guises. It's just so vital! And you are so absolutely right in saying we don't take in at all what it would have meant for the family to be ostracised, as they would have been, had Lydia's disgrace not been sorted out by Darcy. <br /><br />All of the sisters and the mother would have been cut--again a term we don't get the full implications of--when they went into a shop, no one would talk to them, their former friends would turn their backs on them in public places, they might not even have been served when they went into a shop, local tradesmen might refuse them credit and the gossip would just never, ever, cease. So thank you for pointing all of this out...although, it should be said that with her money, Miss Darcy would have found her position in society restored, after a suitable period of reflection, shall we call it. Caroline Lamb was not ostracised by the highest society for her affaire with George Webster soon after she married--but then, she was the niece of the Duke of Devonshire, daughter-in-law of Lady Melbourne (who was privately shocked, though with a disreputable reputation herself), and daughter of Lord and Lady Cavendish (another set of dirty dishes...) So, hypocrisy? Yes, I think so... M.M. Bennettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055653337660429885noreply@blogger.com