Marie Corelli: manuscript of the ‘Sorrows of Satan’

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Marie Corelli: manuscript of the ‘Sorrows of Satan’

Marie Corelli: manuscript of the 'Sorrows of Satan'
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Evaluative Information

Content Warnings

  • Classism
  • Psychological abuse
  • Sexism/Misogyny
  • Suicide

Further information on content warnings

This is an author’s manuscript which features death by suicide. Published in 1895, this novel overtly criticises the New Woman feminist ideal which emerged in response to late Victorian constraints on women.

The novel also contains classism, with prejudice against multiple social strata.

The novel’s focus on the role of Satan as the personification of evil.  Descriptions of Satan’s exercise of power may be interpreted as a trigger for psychological abuse.

No hazards selected.

Evaluative Information

Sensory System

Proprioception

Context

Reading the book

Temporality

21st century, interrupted time sat (likely) reading for an hour or so.

Description

Despite the manuscript not being in a useful format holding while sat reading, a published copy would be bound, and if softback, lighter to hold (maybe in one hand). When sat reading people are often in a number of settings and spaces – it could be at home in a comfy spot on the sofa or armchair or in bed at night, it could also be when commuting on a public transport or when eating lunch at work. The setting of the book, however, is certainly in contrast to the actual setting someone would be reading it in.

Relationships

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