Hello!
Simple question perhaps. My heroine in 1890 wants to make a cutting remark about someone reading what we would today refer to as "the tabloids". But I'm not sure how she would say this, or if it even applies in this time.
ETA: The scene is set in London... (thanks for the reminder, TheIT)
Here is the part of the scene I'm referring to (this is not a Share Your Work so I'm not asking for crits, I just want to contextualise):
The reference being that Isabel's misfortunes have been splashed all over the gutter press.
However, in a society where there are special "divorce pages" showing whose divorce proceedings were currently before the courts, I was wondering if there would be any stigma attached to reading these things?
Any thoughts?
Simple question perhaps. My heroine in 1890 wants to make a cutting remark about someone reading what we would today refer to as "the tabloids". But I'm not sure how she would say this, or if it even applies in this time.
ETA: The scene is set in London... (thanks for the reminder, TheIT)
Here is the part of the scene I'm referring to (this is not a Share Your Work so I'm not asking for crits, I just want to contextualise):
“This is Miss Greenhaigh, Doctor,” Miss Potter put in.
“No it’s not.” Gordon gazed keenly at me. I sat up a little starighter. It was rather like being a small insect observed by a schoolboy – one couldn’t sense whether the interest was mere scientific curiosity or something more sinister. Regardless, one felt one’s wings in danger of being pulled off.
“Yes, I have her card right here – Miss Greenhaigh missed her appointment last week, you remember?”
Gordon flapped a hand at her, gaze not leaving my face. “Miss Greenhaigh missed her appointment, Vera, you’ll have no arguments from me there,” she said plainly. “But this is not Miss Greenhaigh. Who are you?” she asked me suddenly, her eyebrows knitted together.
I considered my options. “I'm Isabel Crawford.”
The doctor nodded. “The Honourable Isabel Crawford? Daughter of the ruined Baron?”
I gave her an icy smile. “I see you manage to read the tabloids, Miss Gordon."
The reference being that Isabel's misfortunes have been splashed all over the gutter press.
However, in a society where there are special "divorce pages" showing whose divorce proceedings were currently before the courts, I was wondering if there would be any stigma attached to reading these things?
Any thoughts?
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