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I know this is an old book, and that it has inspired many great movies and tv-dramas. It was also different for it's time, I wouldn't call it progressive though... This is still a book about a woman that is written by a man, and it shows. It's as if; Poor Charles and Evil woman-Emma. If you can get through all the filler dribble, and the fact that most of the other female characters are incredibly 2-dimensional and stereotypical, while the men seem to be the only ones capable of some rational thought.
It's not feminist, it's not progressive, and it sheds some bad light into women who 'stray' for whatever reason. Aside from that, it fails at entertainment. I read the english translation, so maybe some of the prose got lost, but the flowery dribble of words really made no sense to me--and I read Jane Austen just fine. I had to skip pages of on-and-on of nonsense that didn't add to the story. On and on it goes with no end, it was so painful to try and finish.
This one is a big bore and nothing to find here, it's a classic from women-lit (I wouldn't call it that though) that you can skip.
It's not feminist, it's not progressive, and it sheds some bad light into women who 'stray' for whatever reason. Aside from that, it fails at entertainment. I read the english translation, so maybe some of the prose got lost, but the flowery dribble of words really made no sense to me--and I read Jane Austen just fine. I had to skip pages of on-and-on of nonsense that didn't add to the story. On and on it goes with no end, it was so painful to try and finish.
This one is a big bore and nothing to find here, it's a classic from women-lit (I wouldn't call it that though) that you can skip.
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