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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
friends are nice but no one here is friends with each other
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“A cheerful genius suits the times, / And all true poets laugh unquenchably / Like Shakespeare and the gods.”
An ambitious and lovely book about a Victorian woman author struggling with her identity while attempting to balance her love interests.
This was an enchantingly well=painted picture of Victorian life. No matter how artfully conversant we can be, there are still more than ample opportunities for misunderstanding and missed chances. The tension of these human foibles is wonderfully rendered amongst lush greenery of well described. I had the feeling of reading while being under a great tree on a most perfect summer day.
An ambitious and lovely book about a Victorian woman author struggling with her identity while attempting to balance her love interests.
This was an enchantingly well=painted picture of Victorian life. No matter how artfully conversant we can be, there are still more than ample opportunities for misunderstanding and missed chances. The tension of these human foibles is wonderfully rendered amongst lush greenery of well described. I had the feeling of reading while being under a great tree on a most perfect summer day.
"He had loved me, watched me, watched his soul in mine, / Which in me grew and heightened into love." I do like E.B.B. and reading female victorian poetry and her flowery language generally but I could not see what she saw in her cousin and it annoyed me all 300 pages girl get upp
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape
Read for Growing Up in the Victorian Novel. The epic tradition, altruism vs art, feminism, motherhood, rape, love, marriage. Really terrific.
challenging
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Trafficking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Classism
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
This epic poem (of over 300 pages) reads more like a novel. It has an overall arc, where the twists and turns are in Romney’s love life and Aurora’s social observations.
I’m so glad I finally got round to reading this.
There were so many moments through this poem that were an eye-opening wow factor. Their descriptions are just breathtaking in the scenes they paint. A good chunk of this would have bypassed me years back, Elizabeth Barrett Browning knew her classics and her bible, these metaphors and similes are like dazzling Christmas lights, making an ordinary tree look grand.
That’s not to say some parts in this poem didn’t go over my head – but I didn’t care, I was just enjoying the poetry. It’s wonderful, and I would read again.
I’m so glad I finally got round to reading this.
There were so many moments through this poem that were an eye-opening wow factor. Their descriptions are just breathtaking in the scenes they paint. A good chunk of this would have bypassed me years back, Elizabeth Barrett Browning knew her classics and her bible, these metaphors and similes are like dazzling Christmas lights, making an ordinary tree look grand.
That’s not to say some parts in this poem didn’t go over my head – but I didn’t care, I was just enjoying the poetry. It’s wonderful, and I would read again.