A review by justabean_reads
Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England by Sharon Marcus

4.0

Bit of a mixed bag, but the good far outweighed the tedious. I loved the insights into Victorian society's view and use of female bonds and relationships. Some of the early novel analysis was great, as was the fashion section and the first part of the female marriages.

The author is right, I really hadn't heard a lot of these relationships discussed before, especially not in a platonic context, and her points are well made and clear, to the point of seeming obvious once you've read them.

A few chapters, namely the ones on Great Expectations and Can You Forgive Her? tended to drag for me.