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Carregando... The Doctor's Family and Other Storiesde Margaret Oliphant
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. But what did one come into the world for, I should like to know? Does anybody suppose it was just to be comfortable, and have one's own way? I have had my own way a great deal--more than most people. If I get crossed in some things, I have to bear it. That is all I am going to say. I have got other things to do, Miss Wodehouse. I shall never marry anybody in all my life. "Dauntless" Nettie! Now here's an interesting character study. Her devotion to familial duty is jarringly counter-cultural to most modern Western ears, yet I suspect that Oliphant hoped her readers would want to give Nettie a vigorous shaking by the end. There is definitely something selfishly willful mixed up in it all, but I haven't figured her out yet. I didn't like the Doctor. In fact, no one comes out smelling like a rose in this book. However, if a line like this gets a laugh -- "Handsome young coxcomb, with all his Puseyitical pretences!" -- you might still find this, and the rest of the Carlingford books, worth your time. I'm certainly planning to finish the series, if I can track them down. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Pertence à sérieChronicles of Carlingford (Omnibus 1, 2, 3)
The three stories in this volume, "The Doctor's Family," "The Executor," and "The Rector," represent Margaret Oliphant's writing at its best. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)823.8Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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The stories are centred on medical doctors and there rivalry in their community. The three stories are interlinked and present views of the town called Carlingford. The stories are intense and achieve real involvement in the reader. They are a nice introduction to Victorian literature, especially because they are relatively short. ( )