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[citoyenne.livejournal.com]

A community dedicated to the french revolution...wow, I just couldn't believe my eyes.
I was actually searching for other people/communities with an interest in Manon Roland and found this.
My interest for the revolution goes way back to the day I saw a adaption of Jostein Gaarders "Sophie's World" and there suddenly popped up Liberté, Égalite, Franternité banners, Robespierre quoting Rousseau and Marie Olympe de Gouges on her way to the scaffold. It was a very poor adaptation of the part of the novel about the french revolution, but even now I find it somewhat charming...
Well, it was not until about a year ago that this site (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/) combined with my passion for Les Mis, that sparked my interest for the revolution again.

I've first and foremost begun to dig into the feminist aspect of the revolution and my idol is no one else but the intellectual and brilliant Madame Roland.
I know the basic facts and events of the revolution, but I'm still in the learning progress, so please be patient with my, at times, dumb questions.

Now that I've just begun high school I have none of my usual friends around me who is used to my sudden outbursts of revolutionary quotes and verses of the marseillaise so I have to keep my too violent fits inside. Therefore I'm looking foreward to discussion and silliness in this community that can help me keep my head on throughout the day. (ahaha, dumb joke. As much as I hate statements like the one in the Madame Tussuad's brouchure, something like: "her post at Versailles is cut short...as are the royal family", I can't help but use them. I know. Behead me.)

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[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Hey ho! Welcome! Mme Roland! Oh! I did an independant study on the women of the french revolution, so I'm quite familiar! No problem about being new, we all were at one point!

Siliness, oh dear, those are fun!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/kurotoshi/rob.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/kurotoshi/marat.jpg

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Welcome!

There's a MOVIE ADAPTION of Sophie's World? O.O Seriously?! Damn, I need to find that. I loved that book.

[tearosefury.livejournal.com]

It helps!, doesn't it! (Having this community around). And I didn't even catch on to your joke until you pointed it out *lol*. Nice icon too!, and welcome!

[tearosefury.livejournal.com]

*lol* the one of Marat is hilarious. Did you do those?

[jesta-ariadne.livejournal.com]

Heylo!

...Ooh, ok, clearly I need to find and reread Sophie's World. Admittedly I was nine or something when I read it, but I do not remember any French Revolution bit...!

[citoyenne.livejournal.com]

Those cartoons are adorable!
Ah, independent study on the women of the revolution...I wish I could do something like that one day.

And I didn't even catch on to your joke until you pointed it out *lol*. Yeah, I tend on doing that..a lot. I kind of underestimate other peoples ability to observe. No offense :P

Yes, there is a part about the revolution in Shopie's World. I don't think it's even a whole chapter, but a few pages about the age of enlightenment and Olympe de Gouges.

And yes, there is a movie adaption. It's quite good actually and I just love the actress who plays Sophie. It's an adaptation in norwegian from about 1993 I think, made as miniseries.

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Absolument! <3 I did those at work one night waiting for my manager to finish up his work so we could leave, I have another one of saint-just, but in my sleepy state I kinda misswrote his name XD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/kurotoshi/stjust.jpg

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! <3 Oh yes! It was so fun, yet hard to do because the information available is scarce in my small town, so I had to do lots of it online, I almost died! Yet, I did manage to get all I needed and got a good mark on it too :3

[citoyenne.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I bet it was. It's a shame how little information there is to be found about the women or even the revolution in local libraries and such, I'm quite familiar with the situation...

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Absolutly, but it's no real surprise. Most history books are written by men and they have a tendency (ESPECIALLY back then) to not write down what women did