Linda Simon

Linda Simon’s cultural histories include Dark Light: Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-ray and The Greatest Shows on Earth. Her most recent book is Lost Girls: The Invention of the Flapper.

Marital Bargains

‘You’ll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other than Love’ By Marcia A. Zug & ‘Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story’ By Leslie Jamison

Steerforth, January 2024, 336 pp. Along with enticing images of gowns, news about celebrity weddings, and tips for choosing rings, a recent issue of Brides magazine offered “65 Happy Marriage Quotes that Will Inspire Every Couple.” The quotations, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Justin Timberlake, George Clooney and Alfred, Lord

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