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EST. COVENT GARDEN, 1800
VIRTUE. INDEED.
CULTURAL COMMENTARY · RELIABLE · USEFUL · INGENIOUS
WHAT MRS. GRUNDY THINKS
HER KEEN OBSERVATIONS
With the wisdom of ages, Mrs. Grundy is the renowned authority on all matters she chooses to be an authority on. Her Keen Observations enlighten and edify the arduous, yet joyful, quest for a virtuous life. They are most worthy, most ingenious, and most suitable for sharing.
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MRS. GRUNDY’S ORIGIN STORY
SHE WAS NEVER SEEN. NEVER HEARD. UNTIL NOW.
They say the past is a foreign country. Mrs. Grundy would admit to dual citizenship if she was not afraid of being deported. For she does exist in past and present.
Mrs. Grundy debuted in 1800 – the phantom matriarch in the Thomas Morton play, Speed the Plough. Although never seen nor heard onstage, the players wanted to know:
“What will Mrs. Grundy say?
What will Mrs. Grundy think?”
Thusly, Mrs. Grundy was established as a timeless arbiter of propriety, the very touchstone of social approval and disapproval. But, then, scoundrels quickly usurped her authority and good name. They fabricated her opinions, rendering her a notorious prude, scold and killjoy.
For more than 300 years, Mrs. Grundy endured the Reign of Ridicule in silence. She faded into history, and suffered the further insult of being called passé. Harumph.
It all ends now. At last, the world will know: What Mrs. Grundy Thinks. Indeed.
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THE GRUNDY LEXICON
The Grundy Lexicon, like a virtuous life, is always a work in progress.
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MODERNS · noun
Mrs. Grundy fondly calls current, living persons Moderns. They are ordinary and innately extraordinary persons striving for a virtuous life.
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MULLETS · noun
Mullets are persons who choose wealth, fame and power over virtue. They are, like the fish, puffed-up, slippery and unappetizing to have at dinner.
Complete definitions (often with colorful images) can be found in the Lexicon.
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