Author Archives: Anna Lustig

Especially after closely studying the 19th Century novel, cell phone novels, the supposed modern transmutation of the traditional novel, is frankly shocking and disturbing. I get that they could be an outlet for young women leaving seemingly meaningless lives to … Continue reading →

The Lifted Veil, similarly to other 19th-Century novels like Jane Eyre, seeks to combine the supernatural with reality, forcing the reader to constantly question what is real and what may or may not be a fantasy. However, unlike Jane Eyre, … Continue reading →

The word “dependence” takes on a whole new meaning in 19th-Century England, where women are basically unable to live without a man and where men are basically unable to live without a woman’s domestic care. The former type of dependence … Continue reading →

As we’ve already witnessed in Jane Eyre, 19th-Century society and behavior was principally guided by restraint and repression. This especially applied to women, and even more especially to upper and middle class women, who were expected to exercise “lady-like” and … Continue reading →

“He smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams.” -Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse