Dear Worried Violet . . .: A Peep at Problem Pages Through the Ages - Hardcover

Hawthorne, Rosemary

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9781862052413: Dear Worried Violet . . .: A Peep at Problem Pages Through the Ages

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ISBN 10: 1862052417 ISBN 13: 9781862052413

Publisher: Anova Books, 1998

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"I am fifteen and taken for ten. What can I do?" Worried Violet answers in 1893, "There is no need to despair, dear. There is plenty of time for you to grow yet. Practice swinging by your arms everyday." Such is the no-nonsense advice dispensed by the agony aunts of yesteryear. Brisk and practical, and advocating vigorous exercise as the cure for most emotional ills, these formidable Victorian and Edwardian aunties allayed the fears of generations of anxious young Englishwomen. Dear Worried Violet . . . takes a peek at the problem pages of times past, revealing that although society has changed immeasurably in the last 150 years, human desires and fears have not. Although the wisdom of yesterday's agony aunts today provokes laughter, beneath the quaint language often lie some gems of truth.

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