pennyt
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Hi all!Hi everyone
Have finally found my way over here from the ReadItSwapIt Site... don't know quite why it's taken so long!
I'm a 40-something stay-at-home-mom of 2 - Emily (15) and Ben (12) - and have 3 cats (and a husband tho he's away most of the week!)
I've always been a passionate reader - the sort who'll read the back of the cornflake packet if there's nothing else to hand! My particular loves are detective/adventure stories and the Victorian novels, but I have pretty wide-ranging tastes really and will try anything once! I'm looking forward to getting even more great recommendations on here.
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sirg1006
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Welcome to Babbling Books! 
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mummymelly
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Hi and welcome!
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Tigerlily
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Hi Penny 
Welcome to BB.
Glynis 
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MissMuppet
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Hi Penny... glad you've come over here too!!!
If you like Victorian novels you could help me with my essay, it's all about Victorian moral values! 
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blueflower
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Welcome Penny.
That was my nickname at school because I always took a penny for the bus home. An Old Penny - that shows how old I am!
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pennyt
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| MissMuppet wrote: | Hi Penny... glad you've come over here too!!!
If you like Victorian novels you could help me with my essay, it's all about Victorian moral values! |
Would love to help if I can ... though I think my knowledge of the novels may be of limited use? The more you read by writers such as Dickens, Trollope, Wilkie Collins etc, the more muddled i think their morals appear!
Is your essay for an OU course or something? And is it a literary question or a historical one? The more I think about it, the more interesting it seems.
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Tigerlily
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What's your essay question MM? I wouldn't mind possibly helping out.
PS even though I've admitted I haven't read Dickens's works yet
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miranda
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Welcome Penny  You will have loads of fun on this site! We just love talking about books  I love Victorian Literature too - haven't read as many as I would like though.
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clairabella
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Hi penny welcome and your avatar is fab! I need to get me one!
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MissMuppet
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Yes it's an OU course, it's actually called 'Start Writing Essays' - unfortunately my assignment is to write an essay but only using two texts from a choice I got.
I have done the first draft now though, just need to tidy it up a bit.
The question was 'Victorian moral values applied equally to all.' Discuss this statement in relation to the lives of women in the mid-Victorian texts.
Thanks for the offers of help though!! 
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Tigerlily
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What texts are you using in your essay MM? And what class of women are in the texts?
Sorry if you've already told us this!
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