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diff --git a/literature/JAFF_resources.rst b/literature/JAFF_resources.rst index 4910323..2dce59b 100644 --- a/literature/JAFF_resources.rst +++ b/literature/JAFF_resources.rst @@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ I write in British English, so I use https://dictionary.cambridge.org to check British spelling if I'm unsure. +---- + +See these posts on the Regency Era on Reddit by /u/Basic_Bichette: + +* “`What is an estate?`_” + +* “`Leasing a Country House (not estate!)`_” + +* “`Parishes and churches in Austen's works`_” + +* “`The Clergy and other associated characters`_” + +* “`Other Religions`_” + + .. _`of the same name`: https://www.reddit.com/r/JaneAustenFF/comments/1630m30/jaff_resources/ @@ -102,3 +117,18 @@ unsure. .. _`Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue`: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5402 + +.. _`What is an estate?`: + https://www.reddit.com/r/JaneAustenFF/comments/17mfasy/history_notes_what_is_an_estate/ + +.. _`Leasing a Country House (not estate!)`: + https://www.reddit.com/r/JaneAustenFF/comments/17mfj3m/history_notes_leasing_a_country_house_not_estate/ + +.. _`Parishes and churches in Austen's works`: + https://www.reddit.com/r/JaneAustenFF/comments/17p5sfv/history_notes_parishes_and_churches_in_austens/ + +.. _`The Clergy and other associated characters`: + https://www.reddit.com/r/JaneAustenFF/comments/17p7mkv/history_notes_the_clergy_and_other_associated/ + +.. _`Other Religions`: + https://www.reddit.com/r/JaneAustenFF/comments/17pm5jm/history_notes_other_religions/ diff --git a/literature/soul-bonds-arranged-marriage.rst b/literature/soul-bonds-arranged-marriage.rst index fd0c159..4998cf8 100644 --- a/literature/soul-bonds-arranged-marriage.rst +++ b/literature/soul-bonds-arranged-marriage.rst @@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ our own in strict isolation from anybody else. The often quoted claim (which certainly originally was `not by Albert Einstein`_) “The definition of insanity is doing the same -thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” (or -I like the alternative formulation of the same thought: “If you -always do what you’ve always done, you always get what you’ve -always gotten.”). Insisting on this individualistic romantic love -as a foundation of marriage, despite almost half of marriages -ending in divorce, says something about the collective insanity -of our civilization. +thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” +(or I like the alternative formulation of the same thought: “If +you always do what you’ve always done, you always get what +you’ve always gotten.”), and insisting on this individualistic +romantic love as a foundation of marriage, despite almost half of +marriages ending in divorce, says something about the collective +insanity of our civilization. It wasn’t always so and what’s even more interesting, not everybody hated it. I am a Czech (a man, if it matters), and |