Name: Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace
ISBN: 9781608199136

Kate Summerscale

Traces the story of a scandalous trial that rocked Victorian England, describing how Isabella Robinson recorded sexual fantasies in her private diary, which was discovered and read by her husband, who petitioned for divorce on the grounds of adultery.

The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady

Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace

Magdalene Lim

Is this how people get their fingers burnt in the stock market - when they know things aren't going too well but persist in buying more lots, only to be severely disappointed. Similarly, I tried to enjoy this non-fiction but fiction-like piece, unwilling to give up till I had reached the end. Sadly, there was nothing to excite.

The only takeaways would be: 
1) How life was like in the Victorian era (how different the medical world was at that time, the ppp, how women lived, etc)
2) Imagining a world where divorce was uncommon and the terms upon which it was carried out.

Kathy Rodger 

When the married Isabella Robinson was introduced to the dashing Edward Lane at a party in 1850, she was utterly enchanted. He was 'fascinating', she told her diary, before chastising herself for being so susceptible to a man's charms. But a wish had taken hold of her, and she was to find it hard to shake...In one of the most notorious divorce cases of the nineteenth century, Isabella Robinson's scandalous secrets were exposed to the world. Kate Summerscale brings vividly to life a frustrated Victorian wife's longing for passion and learning, companionship and love, in a society clinging to rigid ideas about marriage and female sexuality.

Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady

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