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What social boldness she has comes in spurts, often uncertain ones. She expresses herself most effectively in indirect ways, and not in words but in music, sitting at the piano. Confident in Beethoven, she is nevertheless hesitant without her Baedeker; her artistic connection to music does not manifest itself outside that medium.
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It is tempting to accept Mr. The ending that awaited most literary heroines of the Victorian era—marriage—will be her ending too.
Where she finds room to distinguish herself, to inhabit the freedoms of this age of transition, is in the manner of man she will marry, and that is where the energies of the novel are focused. A Room with a View also inhabits an age of transition from the point of view of literature. The three-decker novel that had dominated the second half of the nineteenth century was now a dinosaur, virtually extinguished in the s by the onset of cheap, one-volume editions, and its complex plots and sometimes belabored prose were giving way along with its physical bulk.
There is a casual quality to his prose that makes his novels themselves seem casually constructed, as if they were the natural result of recording experience on paper. Forster , p.
Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student. The Paperback of the Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe at Barnes & Noble. I'm not sure what i can say about this classic book that hasn't already been said. It is the fictional It could be a good romp if made into a short series.
Not incidentally, it is not difficult to read. But it would be a mistake, on these grounds, to think of Forster as artless. A close look at the underpinnings of A Room with a View —its language, its motifs, its structure—shows a craftsman at work. In the first chapter, as she copes with the repressive Charlotte, the tactless Emersons, and the mildly interfering Mr. Unable to determine what to make of the Emersons, she finally asks Mr. Emerson, is he nice or not nice? I do so want to know.
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See All Customer Reviews. Shop Books. Read an excerpt of this book! Add to Wishlist. USD 8. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Overview A Room with a View , by E. About the Author. Date of Birth: January 1, Date of Death: June 7, Mayoress did not stop there, but giving me my Work again, she put her Hand in her Pocket, gave me a Shilling, and bid me mind my Work, and learn to Work well, and I might be a Gentlewoman for ought she knew.
Now all this while, my good old Nurse, Mrs. Mayoress, and all the rest of them did not understand me at all, for they meant one Sort of thing, by the Word Gentlewoman,15 and I meant quite another; for alas, all I understood by being a Gentlewoman, was to be able to Work for myself, and get enough to keep me without that terrible Bug-bear going to Service, whereas they meant to live Great, Rich, and High, and I know not what.
Well, after Mrs. Poor Child, says my good old Nurse, you may soon be such a Gentlewoman as that, for she is a Person of ill Fame, and has had two or three Bastards. The Ladies were told all this again to be sure, and they made themselves Merry with it, and every now and then the young Ladies, Mr. This held a great while, and I was often visited by these young Ladies, and sometimes they brought others with them; so that I was known by it, almost all over the Town. At last one of the Ladies took so much Fancy to me, that she would have me Home to her House, for a Month she said, to be among her Daughters.
Why did Defoe choose a woman to be his main character? Do you think she is a believable character? Is Defoe commenting on the female gender in this novel, or humankind in general? Defoe seemingly contradicts himself when speaking of the Church. How is the Church represented in this novel? Are any of them good men? Do any of them respect Moll more than others? Do their social positions and wealth effect the way they view Moll and women in general?
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Some argue Moll Flanders is a picturesque novel, others say a fictionalized Puritan spiritual work, still others claim it is a bourgeois romance. Which analysis makes the most sense? Which do you agree with? Consider the men Moll steals from, both husbands and victims.
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Is this a comment on class or gender? Is he a supporter of any divine providence? If you were to consider this a work of irony, what exactly is Defoe criticizing?
Is his irony even consistent throughout the novel? See All Customer Reviews. Shop Books. Read an excerpt of this book! Add to Wishlist. USD 8. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Overview Moll Flanders recounts the story of her extraordinary life, from her birth in Newgate prison to her declining years in married prosperity. After being seduced in the home of her adoptive family she lives off her wits and her beauty, as a whore, 'five times a Wife', and a thief, and is eventually transported to Virginia for her crimes. Rich and penitent, Moll reflects on a world that is both good and evil, just as the reader both abhors and admires her.
Arguably the first English novel, Moll Flanders is also a romance, its heroine in perpetual search for a lost familial paradise. About the Author. Show More. Reading Group Guide 1. Average Review. Write a Review.
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