Why did women keep “swooning” in 19th-century novels? In the early 1800s, fainting was seen as a socially acceptable way for women to express strong feelings like desire, anger, or shock. Openly showing such emotions was frowned upon, so swooning became a kind of body language. The famous “fainting couch” even became a fashionable piece of furniture. And yes—tight corsets really did make fainting more likely! Authors like Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, and Dickens used swooning both for dramatic
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