The real offence, as she ultimately perceived, was her having a mind of her own at all. Her mind was to be his—attached to his own like a small garden-plot to a deer-park.

Henry James

The Atlantic Monthly/Macmillan's Magazine

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Topic

Oppression of women Men and women

Author

Henry James

Source

The Portrait of a Lady The Atlantic Monthly/Macmillan's Magazine

Medium

Novel Magazine

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

James, Henry. "The Portrait of a Lady." The Atlantic Monthly/Macmillan's Magazine, 1880–81.

Current Citation

James, Henry. The Portrait of a Lady, edited by Roger Luckhurst. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance,
I have no winced nor cried aloud;
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

William Ernest Henley

Invictus

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Perseverance Overcoming adversity

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William Ernest Henley
Source
Invictus
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1888 1880s 19th century
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Henley, William Ernest. Book of Verses. London: David Nutt, 1888.

Current Citation

Henley, William Ernest. "Invictus." A Selection of Poems. White Press, 2015, st. 1.

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So true is it that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. The subjection of women to men being a universal custom, any departure from it quite naturally appears unnatural.

John Stuart Mill

The Subjection of Women

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Oppression of women Custom and convention

Author

John Stuart Mill
Source
The Subjection of Women
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1869 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 1.