A Happy Half-Century, and Other Essays
1908
A Happy Half-Century, and Other Essays is a collection of essays by Agnes Repplier, first published in 1908. The work reflects on the nuances of life over a fifty-year span, focusing on the literary and cultural landscape of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Repplier offers insights into notable female writers of the time, humorously discussing their struggles and contributions to literature. This collection highlights the challenges faced by women in the literary world and provides a reflective exploration of their impact on literary history.
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“There is a great deal lost in being born out of date. What freak of fortune thrust Galileo into the world three centuries too soon, and held back Richard Burton's restless soul until he was three centuries too late?””
— Agnes Repplier
“There are few of us who do not occasionally wish we had been born in other days, in days for which we have some secret affinity, and which shine for us with a mellow light in the deceitful pages of history . . . For myself, I confess that the last twenty-five years of the eighteenth century and the first twenty-five years of the nineteenth make up my chosen period, and that my motive for so choosing is contemptible. It was not a time distinguished – in England, at least – for wit or wisdom, for public virtues or for private charm; but it was a time when literary reputations were so cheaply gained that nobody needed to despair of one.””
— Agnes Repplier
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