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leslie_ann_thornton's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
silkm0ths's review against another edition
5.0
Changing to 5 stars because its literally such a banger...even if a bit bourgeois รท/
libs's review
3.0
If, like me, you're a big fan of Berthe Morisot and a huge fan of Edouard Manet, reading the diary of Morisot's daughter/Manet's niece is an absolute treat. There's not much literary merit to it but if you're into this group of artists it's really interesting from a historical perspective. I thought it would be a diary more like my journal, with musings & interior thoughts, but it's a lot of descriptions of exhibitions, short details of a day's events, noting comments from various people in her social circle - which sounds dull, but is incredibly interesting when it revolves around Degas, Renoir, Mallarme, etc.
Probably the most interesting entries were those around the Dreyfus affair - the intense anti-semitism is a bit of a shock to say the least.
Probably the most interesting entries were those around the Dreyfus affair - the intense anti-semitism is a bit of a shock to say the least.
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