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Woman reading. French postcard c1920s.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. Charles W. Eliot (1834 - 1926), The Happy Life, 1896.
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Bizarre Victorian fact of the day…
The first performance of the opera ‘Carmen’ by Georges Bizet, which took place on March 3 1875, did not receive many positive reviews. The complaints directed against it included the fact that male audience members were outraged that women were seen smoking on the stage.
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