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A review by firerosearien
The Odd Women by George Gissing
4.0
So I was supposed to read this book over ten years ago for a college class, and I...uh...kinda didn't. And I am glad I didn't read it then, because there is a lot in here that requires a familiarity with the late Victorian period, and Victorian social mores, that I didn't understand at the time, but have a much better grasp of now.
It is very readable, although the plot occasionally drags, and I wished there was more about Alice and Virginia - once we get into Monica and Rhoda's stories, we kind of lose the thread on the first two Madden sisters.
Strange to think that we're over 100 years later, and presumably we've progressed more since then, but even so I still get too many people asking me why I'm not married....
It is very readable, although the plot occasionally drags, and I wished there was more about Alice and Virginia - once we get into Monica and Rhoda's stories, we kind of lose the thread on the first two Madden sisters.
Strange to think that we're over 100 years later, and presumably we've progressed more since then, but even so I still get too many people asking me why I'm not married....