is a strange and delightful facsimile of bugoriented Victorian juvenilia, Absolutely odd, and definitely satisfying for lovers of insects and Victoriana, Born in the lates, sisters Madalene and Louisa Pasley were the daughters of a British admiral, and grew up in an upper class Victorian household.
Educated at home, they often slipped away from their governesses in order to pursue their true passion: hunting and collecting insects of all kinds.
This charming picturebook, written and illustrated by the sisters themselves when they were in their early teens, follows them as they "entomologise" to their hearts' content, driving their elder sister Georgie, and their art instructor Mr.
Mitchell to distraction.
With narrative and artwork that was actually created in the midnineteenth century, Madalene and Louisa opens a window into the Victorian age for young people, while also providing an amusing tale of two young girls who didn't quite fit the model of sweet girlhood abroad in the culture at the time.
The artwork is likewise amusing, depicting the eponymous Madalene and Louisa as older spinsters according to the brief foreword by Time Jeal, a descendent of the sisters, this was part of an inside joke and capturing their somewhat surreal adventures battling various bugs in an entertaining way.
Recommended to readers looking for depictions of Victorian childhood, or interested in Victorian juvenilia, An unusual picture book by
two creative girls, describing their own childhood in words and watercolour paintings, Their bizarre sense of humour probably contribute to the time lapses between governesses, their father's alternative arrangements and their dedication to entomology.
When and where you can lay your hands on this gem, devour it like a true bookworm,
In hierdie ongewone prenteboek vertel twee meisies van hul grootwordjare tydens die Victoriaanse era, Hul humorsin straal ewe sterk uit hul woorde as hul waterverfillustrasies, Moenie hierdie juweel deur jou vingers laat glip nie: verslind dit soos 'n trotse boekwurm! One of the weirdest picture books you'll find and a personal object of childhood fascination.
This is an "album" drawn by twos leisure class sisters in their early teens, Their illustrations depict their adventures in entomology this usually involves the two girls, who oddly draw themselves as aged spinsters, wrangling gigantic insects.
The story is funny, and the illustrations are beautiful, I have this shelved right alongside "Eloise" and "Where the Wild Things Are, " A delightful book which is quite hard to classify, Briefly, it's the journal kept by two Victorian sisters, but it also is a treatise on their entomological observations and a whimsical account of their adventures.
It's like a glimpse into another time, accompanied by two witty souls who obviously were square pegs fighting the round holes.
The edition I have of this book by Tim Jeal includes their penandink drawings, many of them their entomological observations.
One of my favorites in my collection of Victoriana, The only bad thing about this fascinating book is that it is too short! Two Victorian sisters, passionate about entomology, created this illustrated notebook of illustrations of themselves hunting insects the sisters portray themselves as stereotypical middle aged spinsters, and the insects are enormous and absurd, although faithful in detail to the real thing.
It is very amusing, and all the more pleasing because it really is their work, Two sisters in Victorian England describe the summer they had no governess and thus were able to "entomologise" as much as they liked.
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