Show Heroines Old and New Most modern heroines aro married women whereas tho nice ones in Shakespearo and In novels before 1890 were almost always unwedded maids You like Beatrice and Portia Por-tia and above all things Rosalind You do not lose your heart to Lady Macbeth though a fine figure of a woman and you do not desire to com pete with Othello In the affections of Desdemona This may bo a too nice morality but to Victorian tastes even widows In novels at least come under the ban of the elder Mr Viol ler Nobody but Col Esmond ever cared for Lady Castlewood and Dobbin Dob-bin Is alone In his passion for Amelia London Post |