#edwardian

I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#everyone #hate #i #image #me

Journalists are always calling my features Edwardian or Victorian, whatever that means. I am small, and people were smaller in those times. I'm pale and sickly-looking. I look fragile-like a doll. But sometimes I just wish I had less of a particular look, one that was more versatile. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#am #calling #doll #edwardian #features

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome. ↗

— William Manchester

#awesome #behold #dress #edwardian #full

It's hard being gay in Edwardian times. ↗

— Rob James-Collier

#edwardian #gay #hard #times

To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening. ↗

— Saki

#edwardian #humor #humor

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the ceremony known as afternoon tea ↗

— Henry James

#classics #edwardian #life

The show is like an Edwardian play - emotional life gets stepped on for the sake of accepted manners, and that's terrific for actors to play in. ↗

— Jason Alexander

#edwardian #emotional #emotional life #gets #life