Scribbling Women by Marthe Jocelyn

Scribbling Women by Marthe Jocelyn

Author:Marthe Jocelyn [Jocelyn, Marthe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-77049-230-1
Publisher: Tundra
Published: 2011-03-22T04:00:00+00:00


Although Mary’s wish was carried out, it was reported that “the coffin, wrongly weighted, bobbed indomitably on the surface. A party of men had to row out, and complete the funeral. It was a touch of cussedness she might have enjoyed.”

Mary Kingsley was an adventurer and a writer, displaying the same qualities in both professions: a unique, enthusiastic approach, great wit, and a willingness to do what had not been tried before.

“One by one I took my old ideas derived from books and thoughts based on imperfect knowledge and weighed them against the real life around me, and found them either worthless or wanting.”



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