Literarily Smitten | BRIEF HISTORY OF ADULTERY IN BOOKS 💔 | a slightly feminist video essay, maybe @LiterarilySmitten | Uploaded February 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Hi friends! What happens when you start brainstorming your favorite book couples for V-Day? You end up making a video about adultery in books, because I'm a weirdo. #nerdalert #nooneisgoingtowatchthislol

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⏲ TIME STAMPS
0:00 Intro
2:25 History of Adultery (the social construct)
5:19 The Fallen Woman Trope
9:16 The 20th Century Shift (female self-determination)
11:40 Adultery as a Theme/Plot Device
14:48 Conclusion

📰 ARTICLES FOR FURTHER READING
Top 10 Gleeful Adulterers in Fiction
theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/08/top-10-gleeful-adulterers-in-literature
The Rise of the Unapologetic Female Adulterer
chatelaine.com/living/books/the-rise-of-the-unapologetic-female-adulterer
How Infidelity Helped Create the Novel
townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a27011169/how-infidelity-helped-create-the-novel
Why Women Still Pay for Adultery
theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/11/molly-mccloskey-why-women-still-pay-for-adultery
Adultery: Literary Theme
enotes.com/topics/adultery-literary-theme
Top 10 Novels About Adultery
theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/18/top-10-novels-about-adultery-graham-greene-milan-kundera
Fallen Woman
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_woman
Adultery
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery

❗ RESOURCES
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lgbtqia2shealthcare.carrd.co

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Hello! I’m Brittany, a 30+ booktuber from New York (not the city). I upload on Sundays and Thursdays every week. You’ll see a TON of historical fiction on my channel as well as some nonfiction and classics. I tend to geek out about anything historical, truth be told.

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