Modern Woman: Her Intentions

Modern Woman: Her Intentions

There is a great difficulty in writing of the women of the first ten years of the twentieth century. This is to be the Womans Century. In it she is to awake from her long sleep and come into her kingdom; but when I look about me I find myself surrounded by the most terribly contradictory facts. We know there is to be a revaluation of all valueswe know that old rubbish is to be burnt up, that the social world is to be melted down and remoulded nearer to the hearts desire; but at the same time we have to recognize that in spite of the enthusiasm of the alchemists and the transmuters of base metal into gold, the main body of society is as yet hardly aware of the fire that is to burn it. In writing of this change I have to explain to one set of women, who will think me outrageously advanced, my opinions of another[Pg 8] set of women, who will think me absurdly conventional. I think I had better own up at once that as an artist I am prejudiced against the exhibition of the necessities of nature. I am like Mr. Galsworthys little toy terrier, who disliked the strong odours of real life. Yet at the same time I have a passion for the discussion of life; the salt of wit makes me enjoy the strongest flavours. So I present myself and my limitations to my readers, hoping that my fervid faith in the delight of the communion of thoughts, emotions, and sympathies will make up for my lack of conviction in some other directions. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67912
Author: Farr, Florence
Release Date: Apr 23, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Frank Palmer
Publication Date: 1910
Publisher Country: United Kingdom