Donoghue, Emma - Life Mask

[oyceter]

Life Mask follows the lives of the Edward Stanley-Smith, twelfth Earl of Derby; Eliza Farren, Queen of Comedy of the London stage; and Anne Damer, a widowed sculptor, through 1787-1797. There are political upheavals and personal scandals, friendships are made and broken. At the start of the book, Derby is courting Eliza, who refuses to actually

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[deadsoul820]

Slammerkin is marvelous!

[oyceter]

Oh good, I shall have to pick it up sometime! I loved Donoghue's Kissing the Witch as well.

[literaticat]

omg I loved Slammerkin. YAY for old-timey prostitutes! I thought it was much quicker and easier to consume than Life Mask.

Did you read Crimson Petal & the White?

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[oyceter]

I started the Faber but didn't finish for some reason... I think I was a little put off by the narrative voice, and then I got distracted by other books, and then I had to return it to the library.

Female friendship and letters in C18th-early C19th

[oursin]

*Jumps up and down and recommends Norma Clarke*
(Dr.Johnson's Women, The Rise and Fall of the Woman of Letters, Ambitious Heights - Writing, Friendship, Love: Jewsbury Sisters, Felicia Hemans and Jane Carlyle.)
(Also Donoghue's own Passions Between Women: British Lesbian Culture, 1668-1801.)

Re: Female friendship and letters in C18th-early C19th

[oyceter]

Oh awesome, thank you!!!