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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
I feel like this would have been a lot better if I had seen it performed. That being said there's a lot of substance to the book despite the fact that it's not very long. The old married couple banter is quite amusing but I can't have been the only one freaking out for the poor guy? XD
I found the short audio book for this on YouTube, I was giggling the whole listen.
funny
reflective
second time reading this and it was just as good as the first time
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It's pretty good, had a basic plot, but it was simple. Lots of yelling, I feel like actors would enjoy doing it.
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CW: G-slur, animal abuse, self-harm exaggerations,
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CW: G-slur, animal abuse, self-harm exaggerations,
This the first book I have ever read from Russian literature.
This book was a critique of marriage among the wealthy in the Russian Empire.
Lomov, who was 35 years old, wanted to get married to Natalya, who was 25 years old, not because he loved her, but because "Natalya Stepanovna is an excellent housekeeper. She's not bad-looking, and she went to school. What more do I want?"
Arguments between Lomov and Natalya started even before the proposal, which shows that marriage is just a way to improve social status for them, and not really about love.
Despite all that, the couple "lived happily ever after", which is a perfect irony.
While I was reading the book, I thought of something Karl Marx said in the Communist Manifesto:
"The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation."
This book was a critique of marriage among the wealthy in the Russian Empire.
Lomov, who was 35 years old, wanted to get married to Natalya, who was 25 years old, not because he loved her, but because "Natalya Stepanovna is an excellent housekeeper. She's not bad-looking, and she went to school. What more do I want?"
Arguments between Lomov and Natalya started even before the proposal, which shows that marriage is just a way to improve social status for them, and not really about love.
Despite all that, the couple "lived happily ever after", which is a perfect irony.
While I was reading the book, I thought of something Karl Marx said in the Communist Manifesto:
"The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation."