Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages by Phyllis Rose

Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages

Phyllis Rose

311 pages first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses as examples the marriages of five Victorian writers who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor.The couples are John Ruskin and Effie Gray; Thomas Carlyle...

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informative 94%
reflective 78%
challenging 26%
emotional 26%
inspiring 21%
funny 10%
hopeful 10%
lighthearted 5%
relaxing 5%

Pace

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slow 21%
fast 5%

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