Thursday 24 March 2016

Victorian Doctors Thought Reading Novels Made Women "Incurably Insane"

Victorian Doctors Thought Reading Novels Made Women "Incurably Insane"

One physician called literature “one of the most pernicious habits to which a young lady can be devoted."
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/victorian-doctors-thought-reading-novels-made-women-incurably-insane

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