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A carregar... Instead of the Thorn (1923)por Georgette Heyer
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. If, as Mary Fahnestock-Thomas reported in her _Georgette Heyer, A Critical Retrospective_, what Heyer thought of women in general could be culled from her writing, then shame on Heyer! This book's description of women: their coquetry, their dependency on men for happiness, simply gags. If her later writing (from the 40-60s) didn't shine with both femininity and feminism I could never have read her. Clearly, Heyer matured along the road of life, and her writing evidences that. Don't bother to read this book unless there isn't so much as a cereal box to read in the house. Title alludes to Isaiah 55:13: "Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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'Instead of the Thorn' is one of Georgette Heyer's early novels. It follows Elizabeth Arden, a young woman raised by a cold, distant father and a prim, proper aunt. Unsurprisingly Elizabeth comes of age with no sense of how to make her way in the world or what will make her happy. At a young age she marries a man she does not love and embarks on a life that does not fulfill her. Her wedding night on her marriage is a complete disaster. After a time she separates from her husband and tries to make her way in the world. To start she is little more than a spoiled girl, but as the book unfolds Elizabeth struggles to become her own person and is surprised by just who she is and what she wants. A thoroughly satisfying novel. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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