I’m reading John Adam’s annotated copy of Mary Wollstonecraft’s Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution, ya know, for like, fun. And it’s hilarious. I swear he’s almost a caricature of himself. It’s TOO John Adams™
Like this over-dramatic nonsense
At first, it’s clear he can’t get over the fact that a chick is writing about POLITICS
He loves to write little sarcastic comments when the language and/or sentiments are Too Optimistic for him
also when Wollstonecraft sly-digs the american revolution
He didn’t think Marie Antoinette was All That (later he says “her beauty was chiefly the fiction of flattery”)
Is a total prude even in his most private thoughts #repressed
But every once in a while shows genuine appreciation for good writing
