COMPLETE - SOLO A Book of Sibyls: Mrs. Barbaud, Miss Edgeworth, Miss Opie, Miss Austen - lny

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » May 9th, 2020, 5:33 pm

Hey, my brain has been in some strange, annoying La-La Land ever since February. It's like some weird menopausal or Lupus fog going on. So I'm not about to look askance at anyone else's flubs right now.

Ciufi · Post by **Ciufi** » May 12th, 2020, 12:34 pm

All set! 2 is fixed and 3 is up.

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » May 12th, 2020, 1:48 pm

Super! 2 is marked PL OK

and 3 is pulled for morning PL

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » May 13th, 2020, 7:46 am

Ciufi wrote: ↑May 12th, 2020, 12:34 pm All set! 2 is fixed and 3 is up.

Well, that was sad

But Section 3 is PL OK

Ciufi · Post by **Ciufi** » May 14th, 2020, 12:50 pm

It was! And I don't quite know what to make of the fact that she asks her brother to give her his son, as she has no children, and ..he does!
In this section, there was a very brief reference to the execution of a Dr. Dodd, which made me curious. Here is a link to the story on that : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dodd_(priest)
Section 4 is ready.

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » May 15th, 2020, 8:41 am

So much of interest between these sections on Anna (who, it seems, possessed quite a sarcastic turn - and yeah, what is with the Charles thing?) and the Dodd situation. So funny that a clergyman acted thus. I wonder how unique his behavior was - looking at the bahavior of others in the article, if that's the ilk of society Bernard Mandeville was familiar with, no wonder he promoted the views he did.

Ciufi · Post by **Ciufi** » May 18th, 2020, 12:08 pm

One of the great perks of these biographies is how they kickstart a lot of research into things I had never really known much (if anything) about before ! And section 5 is up!

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » May 20th, 2020, 8:58 am

Ciufi wrote: ↑May 18th, 2020, 12:08 pm One of the great perks of these biographies is how they kickstart a lot of research into things I had never really known much (if anything) about before ! And section 5 is up!

Yes!

Section 5 is PL OK

Ciufi · Post by **Ciufi** » May 22nd, 2020, 12:10 pm

Section 6 is up

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LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » May 24th, 2020, 12:07 pm

Section 6 is superb, as usual! PL OK

Ciufi · Post by **Ciufi** » May 27th, 2020, 5:06 pm

How nice! Thanks!
Section 7 is up. It is a sad section, but I thought it had a real sweetness to it.

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » May 30th, 2020, 11:18 am

Section 7 is PL OK

Yes, poignant. That sounds like he may have had Alzheimer's or similar dementia, doesn't it?

Ciufi · Post by **Ciufi** » June 1st, 2020, 4:34 pm

It does - although he seems to have had mental health issues throughout their marriage, and that this was the reason they had to leave their school in 1787. Sad for both of them.
But now we move on to an author who (so far) seems to have had a more cheerful life. Section 8 is up!

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » June 2nd, 2020, 10:15 am

Section 8 is PL OK

Wow - that certainly was a marked difference in atmosphere!

Ciufi · Post by **Ciufi** » June 4th, 2020, 4:22 pm

Section 9 is up - in which the author, imho, seems to digress (A LOT). Here we learn all about the group that Miss Edgeworth's father hung out with when he was 22. This section kind of lost me

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