Mark Twain was so disgusted with the social and political decadence of the late 1800s that he called that period “the gilded Age”

my dad purchased natural colorings in a specialty store

- "there are several movements that doris lessing was associated with. first of all, communism. she pursued her communist beliefs and included them in her writing, and was also a member of several communist book clubs. she is also strongly associated with feminism, her fight for equality and women's rights.

doris lessing is the kind of writer who has followers, not just readers. they have been engaged to her chiefly because of her involvement in major problems, such as politics and woman-ism."

she is outspoken and direct