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May Sinclair's wonderful, and sadly neglected, novel The Helpmate details a marriage from its very beginnings. Her characters, in their entirety, feel touchably realistic, and their relationships with one another are complex. Here, Sinclair demonstrates the many different - and sometimes opposing - facets of married love. There is such emotional depth throughout, and one can never quite tell what is likely to happen next.
The Helpmate is so very compelling, and of course, it is wonderfully written. There is such a clarity to the whole. The novel was first published in 1907, but feels incredibly modern; many of the themes are just as relevant today as they were when it was written. Sinclair writes of love, deception, and grief in such a timely way; the modern reader can learn so much from it. It is sadly not a book which I can include in my PhD thesis, as it lacks the elements which I am looking at, but it is certainly a fascinating and well-paced read, which - along with all of Sinclair's work - deserves to be widely read.
The Helpmate is so very compelling, and of course, it is wonderfully written. There is such a clarity to the whole. The novel was first published in 1907, but feels incredibly modern; many of the themes are just as relevant today as they were when it was written. Sinclair writes of love, deception, and grief in such a timely way; the modern reader can learn so much from it. It is sadly not a book which I can include in my PhD thesis, as it lacks the elements which I am looking at, but it is certainly a fascinating and well-paced read, which - along with all of Sinclair's work - deserves to be widely read.
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