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> whatever they were like in private, their writings (in particular novels) clearly show that they were unable to publicly confront basic facts about human life
by zaptheimpaler 5y ago
> whatever they were like in private, their writings (in particular novels) clearly show that they were unable to publicly confront basic facts about human life
not so different from today.
- da39a3ee 5y agoCould you elaborate? Today in western democracies we have literature addressing almost every imaginable condition and human activity. Certainly basic aspects of humanity such as sex which the victorians felt completely unable to contemplate.