“In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The grand ladies with high ambitions thought her a presumptuous upstart, and lesser ladies were still more resentful. Everything she did offended someone.” FirstsStillsBookCertainAmbitionReignOffendedEmperorResentfulPresumptuousUpstartHigh Ambition Author:Murasaki Shikibu
“Stepmothers in books usually behave very spitefully towards the children entrusted to them. But he was now learning by his own experience that in real life this does not always happen.” ChildrenDoeBookRealHappensFamilyReal LifeBehaveStepmothers Book:The Tale of Genji Source: The Tale of Genji
