In the first volume of her autobiography, Simone de Beauvoir reveals that this book and Paul et Virginie were among her favorites when she was in her early teens. Interestingly, both are romantic tragedies which end up with the heroine drowning, in dramatic fashion, close to her loved one. Hands up ...
[These notes were made in 1982:]. I fear that sometimes, in my expression of whatever good I can find in mediocre literature, I do not properly make clear my very real sense of the superiority of the work of greats like George Eliot. The difference, especially to a timid critic like myself, is almo...
This is a beautifully written novel. Its got some journeyman flaws, its a little uneven and lumpy in a few spots, but on the whole its exceptionally well drawn, all the characters are wonderful and it has an unshakeable sense of place, of being rooted in all the complex interlinking minutiae that m...
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