Chloë Schama
Author of Wild Romance: A Victorian Story of a Marriage, a Trial, and a Self-Made Woman
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- Canonical name
- Schama, Chloë
- Legal name
- Schama, Chloë
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Education
- Harvard University
- Occupations
- online exec editor of @ELLEmagazine
- Relationships
- Simon Schama (father)
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Wild Romance: A Victorian Story of a Marriage, a… by Chloe Schama
Could have been so interesting but instead it reads like a high school paper—-full of quotes and book-name dropping. I lost interest fast. There is literally quoted information on every single page—-sometimes in every paragraph!
This just didn't grab me although I found the idea of it interesting. I do appreciate what seemed to be like the author's interest in the main character and the research that had to be done. While the marriage laws may have changed for some, there are plenty of places where women are still left with all kinds of draconian rules that leave them powerless.
This was interesting. A woman who was ahead of her time. Got duped by a man but also didn't send the right messages to him either. They are both at fault. Would like to read some of her travel memoirs.
Interesting story that needs a bit more fleshing out. I would have enjoying learning more about exactly HOW she lived her life - as in, the logistics of her moves, her travels, etc. She was always bopping around from one place to another, travelling the world, yet the author never talks about her money, how she paid for the travel, why she decided to move different places, how did she manage to get invitations to stay with certain people, how one goes about joining a religious order and becoming a nurse - without any experience, and without becoming a nun.
Aside from the above point (which bothered me throughout the entire book), it was an interesting look at one of the earlier media darlings, and the start of a good look at the marriage laws at that time and place and the lack of women's rights in general.
I just wish I came away from the book with more actual feeling for either of the protagonists that I read about.… (more)
Aside from the above point (which bothered me throughout the entire book), it was an interesting look at one of the earlier media darlings, and the start of a good look at the marriage laws at that time and place and the lack of women's rights in general.
I just wish I came away from the book with more actual feeling for either of the protagonists that I read about.… (more)
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- Rating
- 2.8
- Reviews
- 26
- ISBNs
- 8
