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Pink and White Tyranny

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Fair and soft and caressing as the new sister was, and determined as Grace was to believe in her, and trust her, and like her,—she found an invisible, chilly barrier between her heart and Lillie. She scolded herself, and, in the effort to confide, became unnaturally demonstrative, and said and did more than was her wont to show affection; and yet, to her own mortification, she found herself, after all, seeming to herself to be hypocritical, and professing more than she felt.

As to the fair Lillie, who, as we have remarked, was no fool, she took the measure of her new sister with that instinctive knowledge of character which is the essence of womanhood. Lillie was not in love with John, because that was an experience she was not capable of. But she had married him, and now considered him as her property, her subject,—hers, with an intensity of ownership that should shut out all former proprietors.

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Community Reviews

Harriet Beecher Stowe wants you to know she disapproves of:

- trading on your looks
- attempting to rise above your working-class origins
- not being into reading theology
- knowing a lot about clothes
- remodeling your house
- booze
- parvenus
- French novels
- women who don't want to have children
- divorce

I found this book surprisingly complicated, as Stowe's stated agenda for her work -- a demonstration that easily acquired divorce would be disastrous for women rather than liberating -- doesn't actually match up with what the book is saying.

It's a straightforward story she tells: an upright, noble N

Very entertaining, especially for a book presented by its author as nothing more than "a story with a moral". Except that Beecher Stowe knows exactly how to tell a story, and with surprising wit too. John Seymour, scion of an eminently respectable New England family, makes the fatal mistake of marry

Over all good

This is a work of fiction with a moral to it at the end. The world view of the author is Christian. I feel that fact will determine if you like it or hate this story. The language is a little antiquated and tedious at times, but the overall tone tone is edifying. There is good take away

Like a refreshing drink of water on a very hot day.

These are the kinds of stories I loved as a girl. They helped me to be better and kinder. I’ve missed them, and this won’t be the last of this kind that I read. I hope to begin reading them again. If you love Louisa May Alcott, you will love this.

I love this book and it is in my top 10 favorites of all time books. The redemptive love portrayed, and the reminder that no matter what anyone else does your duty still is to do right... is beautiful beyond words. A must read for any high school education.

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