-Ugh, Dorothea von Marwitz. I realize that we only really have Wilhelmine's view of it, but seriously, to beg (successfully) your lover's wife to help you stay near her husband? That's pretty cold.
-It's really interesting to me that Wilhelmine and AW became so close during this time when Fritz was being a jerk :( I mean, you mentioned this before, it's just interesting to me (and sad) to see it happen in the letters, complete with Wilhelmine writing letters for AW to pass on to Fritz.
-I'm glad you discussed Sonsine because Google funked this, leaving out the verb "died" from the translation (which... what? It's so weird to me how google gets some really tricky things right and then has what seem to me to be super random mistakes.)
-* Aww, the most beautiful skeleton in Europe. I remember that. It's touching and sad at the same time.
Yeah -- it makes me think that (a) I would have really liked Wilhelmine if I'd met her -- she seems like she was really witty in a sweet and self-deprecating way, also in those other letters that you mentioned, Selena, like the one where she was talking about the her visit to Italy and was joking about the Pope -- and (b) it's super sad :( But also (c) I bet Fritz felt sorry he'd been so mean to her then :P
-I probably wouldn't have followed the Swedish politics anyway, but it is hilarious to me that Google translated both Hüte and Mützen as "hat," so there was "the party of the 'hats'...and that of the 'hats'."
Re: AW readthrough: The in-laws
-It's really interesting to me that Wilhelmine and AW became so close during this time when Fritz was being a jerk :( I mean, you mentioned this before, it's just interesting to me (and sad) to see it happen in the letters, complete with Wilhelmine writing letters for AW to pass on to Fritz.
-I'm glad you discussed Sonsine because Google funked this, leaving out the verb "died" from the translation (which... what? It's so weird to me how google gets some really tricky things right and then has what seem to me to be super random mistakes.)
-* Aww, the most beautiful skeleton in Europe. I remember that. It's touching and sad at the same time.
Yeah -- it makes me think that (a) I would have really liked Wilhelmine if I'd met her -- she seems like she was really witty in a sweet and self-deprecating way, also in those other letters that you mentioned, Selena, like the one where she was talking about the her visit to Italy and was joking about the Pope -- and (b) it's super sad :( But also (c) I bet Fritz felt sorry he'd been so mean to her then :P
-I probably wouldn't have followed the Swedish politics anyway, but it is hilarious to me that Google translated both Hüte and Mützen as "hat," so there was "the party of the 'hats'...and that of the 'hats'."