I had the pleasure of reading this for my History of the English Language Linguistics class. There are some good stories here but some--as you might expect--are representative of repressive historical cultures where women are prizes to be won and whose nature, whenever they have self-determination, are burdens to be borne. In any case, I did enjoy more than half despite the flaws. They are, after all, stories from the past, so what more can we glean than the way of that world.