Subject: Books other people would love that you wouldn't care to own.
It's a book. Three books, actually.
Somebody on Twitter linked a photo. I clicked on the photo and was taken to an Instagram album or some such photo host site. I went back and forth through the photoset reviewing very odd photos, up to fifty, of Eastern Catholic priests and a lot of photos of life revolving around the the church and activities, old world, hymnal writing, dinners, church people, nuns, priest, milestone activities, womanly things, old womanly things, fabrics, craft objects, cute things, photos of children being silly, history of saints, relics, icons, and one of these books and I kept thinking, wow, this woman is weird.
Who would want a book about a British queen's doll house?
I opened YouTube to see if someone reviewed the book. They did. And they reviewed other Queen Mary dollhouse books too on Youtube. I read the reviews on Amazon and women love these books. They talk about buying both of them, (the second and third, I think) and the photos not overlapping. Hobbyists reviewed the books as inspiration. Everyone rated all the books five stars. People love these books. They talk about wanting to visit the site and seeing the real thing, and they talk about that being a dream.
Women reviewers go all dreamy about these three books.
I was thinking of the women in my life and trying to imagine them appreciating these books. My two sisters had a doll house. A big one. They played with it a lot. Theirs had dolls with it. They kept putting the dolls in rooms of the house and pretending the dolls were doing things like cooking and sleeping. Queen Mary's dollhouse doesn't even come with dolls. I bet she never even played with it. What a drag. A thing so precious you can't even touch it. Now it's behind glass. Like a gigantic aquarium.
Do you think these books will make good gifts for women? I could really use women's opinion.
by Lucinda Lambton
Queen Mary's Dolls' House Aug 1, 1988
Somebody on Twitter linked a photo. I clicked on the photo and was taken to an Instagram album or some such photo host site. I went back and forth through the photoset reviewing very odd photos, up to fifty, of Eastern Catholic priests and a lot of photos of life revolving around the the church and activities, old world, hymnal writing, dinners, church people, nuns, priest, milestone activities, womanly things, old womanly things, fabrics, craft objects, cute things, photos of children being silly, history of saints, relics, icons, and one of these books and I kept thinking, wow, this woman is weird.
Who would want a book about a British queen's doll house?
I opened YouTube to see if someone reviewed the book. They did. And they reviewed other Queen Mary dollhouse books too on Youtube. I read the reviews on Amazon and women love these books. They talk about buying both of them, (the second and third, I think) and the photos not overlapping. Hobbyists reviewed the books as inspiration. Everyone rated all the books five stars. People love these books. They talk about wanting to visit the site and seeing the real thing, and they talk about that being a dream.
Women reviewers go all dreamy about these three books.
I was thinking of the women in my life and trying to imagine them appreciating these books. My two sisters had a doll house. A big one. They played with it a lot. Theirs had dolls with it. They kept putting the dolls in rooms of the house and pretending the dolls were doing things like cooking and sleeping. Queen Mary's dollhouse doesn't even come with dolls. I bet she never even played with it. What a drag. A thing so precious you can't even touch it. Now it's behind glass. Like a gigantic aquarium.
Do you think these books will make good gifts for women? I could really use women's opinion.
2 comments:
It's a combination of the love of dollhouses and the worship of royalty that makes many women keen on these books.
The really interesting question is whether extreme indulgences like this dollhouse were the expressions of exploitation (the socialist view) or of a love bond between rulers and ruled (the traditionalist or bourgeoise view). A case can be made for either view but in the end it boils down to whether a world of "equality" is worth the loss of the Taj Mahal.
I was going to say meh, probably not. But then I clicked on the video and watched it through to the end in fascination.
I also realized that when I go to the craft store for fly tying materials, I invariably find my way to the miniatures aisle.
Something about all those tiny details draws me in. So my answer would be yes. Your mileage may vary.
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