Feb 10, 2021
The Wife of Bath # The Wife of Bath is a comic caricature created by Chaucer with vivid details to illustrate the vast array of characters in 14 th Century England. Her flamboyant manners: large hat, riding skirt, bright scarlet hose and spurs create a larger than life character who is not restricted by conventional expectations. She is a law onto herself,living a full boisterous life with flair and ostentation - propriety be damned.
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Feb 10, 2021
Australian Women writers # There were many strong colonial women who made a new life for themselves and their families in the early years of Australia. Many had to take charge of their own affairs either because their husbands were improvident, absent or had died.
Mary Reibey was left with seven children and in entire control of numerous business concerns when her husband died. She was 24, a hotel-keeper, and involved the tough school of competition with American, Chinese and Indian traders.
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