Random Bits of FascinationPosted on by Maria Grace
One thing about natural disasters, they are very ill-mannered guests. They show up to your place uninvited, sometimes with other unexpected guests in tow. They overstay their welcome, leave everything a mess–and all that is after they have shown up …Continue reading →
Random Bits of FascinationPosted on by Maria Grace
A Jane Austen Mashup Short Story. What happens when Emma meets Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice? Courtships of course! What madness had seized the weather? Richard Fitzwilliam pulled the scarf a little tighter around his neck. The howling winds battered …Continue reading →
Random Bits of FascinationPosted on by Maria Grace
Beauty Training Improving upon nature With so much at stake, success in the marriage mart not the least consideration, suggestions abounded as to how a young woman might improve her natural beauty. Recommendations were not dissimilar to those …Continue reading →
Random Bits of FascinationPosted on by Maria Grace
Nicolas Andry (1743) suggested that deformity, suggested that polite society should shun anything ‘shocking’, like visible impairments which might threaten virtuous interactions. Moreover, individuals who permitted, by their neglect, their bodies to become ‘ugly’ offended both society and God’s intentions. …Continue reading →
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