2007-08-09 02:14:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
"Tales of Woe" is a book written by one of Queen Victoria's children, Louise Caroline Alberta, under the Pseudonym "Saffron". Born in 1848, she realised at an early age that she was more attracted to women than to men. She was however forced into marrying John Campbell, Duke of Argyll. They had no children. The book details her various liaisons with women; she described these furtive liaisons as her "woes".
Banned in the UK, the book was printed a number of time is Paris. It is an erotic yet sad journal, giving much insight into the social positions of lesbians in the Victorian era. It has long been out of print.
2007-08-10 05:02:45 · answer #1 · answered by Namlevram 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm all alone at home for 20 hours a day with only Yahoo to keep me company. Oh woe! Woe is I! Okay I actually rather like it, but that's a small detail in the pitiful existance that is my life.
2016-05-17 22:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by antonette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes the word "woe" is used for literary or humorous emphasis, for example, the expression, "woe is me"!
Merriam Webster's online defines "woe" as 1) a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief. 2) ruinous trouble, calamity, affliction
synonym: see sorrow
A tale of woe could tell a story about a really terrible event, or the phrase could be used for satiric effect.
2007-08-09 15:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello, when as a small child we had a dog and my father said to me many times dont pull the woe, woe's tail because he will bite you. Good Luck
2007-08-09 03:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tragic tale of woe, lol
2007-08-09 02:18:34 · answer #5 · answered by :) 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a tale of despair and misery
2007-08-09 02:21:52 · answer #6 · answered by Bonobo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means "sad stories."
2007-08-09 02:22:34 · answer #7 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is = singular, are = plural. i.e. your question makes no sense.
2007-08-09 02:23:36 · answer #8 · answered by daveygod21 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sob story.
2007-08-09 02:21:04 · answer #9 · answered by Nikki1990 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
people telling stories about how sorry they are for themselves............
2007-08-12 20:21:29 · answer #10 · answered by IT'S ME AGAIN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋