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Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee Soolla and the ceaseless struggle againstOn a Victorian pleasure cruise, a chance encounter opens the floodgates to regret, desire, and possibility in this "little period gem of feeling and clarity" ( The Guardian ). It is 1851, only three years since Europe was convulsed by workers' revolutions, but already English tourists are returning to the Continent, taking the waters at Baden Baden, then traveling by paddle steamer down the Rhine valley, celepated for its romantic vistas. Among the