Bimbo: The History, Mythology, and Interpretation of Women as Third Parties

Author: Victoria Griffin
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: Since the beginning of marriage in human society, the phenomenon of "mistresses" has existed. As early as Greek mythology, there are records of mistresses who cleverly play their roles, making stories beautiful or sorrowful. Mistresses, as embellishments of court and noble life, have permeated the entire history of antiquity, making many historical legends and literary works splendid. In modern times, mistresses are no longer content with merely playing the roles of passion and sorrow in literature; they prefer to write literature themselves. George Eliot, Rebecca West, Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean Rhys have always been mistresses as well as acclaimed female writers. This book is no exception; its author is also a mistress. She begins to deeply examine herself because she often falls into the position of a mistress. With sharp observation, she observes every place where mistresses appear—mistresses of kings and nobles, mistresses of politicians, mistresses of writers, and mistresses of artists—by examining their various confusing endings, she studies the relationship between the roles of wives and mistresses. The author astonishingly discovers that this relationship, like history, is profound and difficult to unravel.