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Monday, July 27, 2009
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman...Collins-style
The Moonstone
(Wilkie Collins)
"You would have done great things in my profession, ma'am, if you had happened to be a man."
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Who needs match.com when we have Wilkie Collins?
The Moonstone
(Wilkie Collins)
"I agree with the late William Cobbett about picking a wife. See that she chews her food well and sets her foot down firmly on the ground when she walks, and you're all right. "
Wise words, indeed. I'm very certain my husband succeeded.
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