And while the book technically does this, it’s organized in such a way that the whole concept of the book is lost. Sadly, it did not live up to my expectations.īetween the full title of Too Much and its synopsis, I expected two things – examples of constraints on Victorian women, and examples of those same constraints on women today. So the link between authors like the Brontes and feminism has been on my mind for a while, and when I saw this book, I had to read it immediately. I enjoy Victorian literature, but I specifically enjoy the work of the Brontes, who I found were breaking the norm when it came to gender roles – and all things I feel we still have to deal with to this day! But of course, the characters they wrote could only go so far, as the Victorian era had many limits for them. When I originally saw this book, I saw it as a perfect fit for me. Each chapter features an emotion or characteristic that women are often shunned for demonstrating “too much” of, and features portions of the author’s own life, memoir-style, to further emphasize those constraints in her life. Rachel Vorona Cote looks at both the authors and works that represented the norms of the Victorian era, as well as the authors that sought to break them. Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today provides many examples of Victorian classics and culture and compares them to the ways that women are still confined today. Note: I received an e-ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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