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Why women escape to Downton Abbey
One episode of Downton Abbey is like a burst of cold air in a stale room. It’s a sort of lifeline to any woman drowning in the thick waters of modern culture. It’s as if the show’s matriarch, the Dowager Countess, is speaking right at us when she offers her witticisms and wisdoms, slowly pulling us out of the mud.