How she described her books is so interesting to me--"books and such small things." If they were generally considered luxury items but she's linking them with "such small things" in her mind, it must mean she either doesn't think of much of books/reading or that she was so wealthy that she has stopped thinking of them as a luxury. What do you think, Florence?
Thanks so much - I especially appreciate the way you bring the issue of enslavement out of the footnotes and into main focus - so important -
How she described her books is so interesting to me--"books and such small things." If they were generally considered luxury items but she's linking them with "such small things" in her mind, it must mean she either doesn't think of much of books/reading or that she was so wealthy that she has stopped thinking of them as a luxury. What do you think, Florence?
This is fascinating. You’ve really brought her to life. Suddenly the past is present.