One of my favorite lines from the Sharpe books is when Hogan tells Sharpe not to worry about the young lady who's run off -- she's just been reading too many novels and getting wild ideas about romance! I know it's posted at RF somewhere, but I can never find it unless I'm not looking for it.
Novels were often accused of 'turning the heads' of young women so raising their expectations in life - Romance? Love? Excitement? Kindness? Whatever next....?
Where they still burning @ the stake back then.... Or just throwing 'troublesome girls' into asylums? You'd be in SO much trouble! You'd have to run away to sea and become a pirate!! [lol]
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One of my favorite lines from the Sharpe books is when Hogan tells Sharpe not to worry about the young lady who's run off -- she's just been reading too many novels and getting wild ideas about romance! I know it's posted at RF somewhere, but I can never find it unless I'm not looking for it.
Novels were often accused of 'turning the heads' of young women so raising their expectations in life - Romance? Love? Excitement? Kindness? Whatever next....?
It was also something that could get a woman locked in an asylum!
Got to keep them CRAZY women in check now....! [lol]
Can you imagine if I lived then? lol, they wouldn't know what to do with me.
Where they still burning @ the stake back then.... Or just throwing 'troublesome girls' into asylums? You'd be in SO much trouble! You'd have to run away to sea and become a pirate!! [lol]
I can just see it: Dread Pirate Sarah... [grin]
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