Lois Austen-Leigh (1883–1968)
Autor de The Incredible Crime
Sobre El Autor
Obras de Lois Austen-Leigh
The Gobblecock Mystery 2 copias
The Incrediable Crime 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1883
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1968
- Género
- female
- Relaciones
- Austen, Jane (great grand aunt)
Austen-Leigh, James Edward (grandfather)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Miembros
- 152
- Popularidad
- #137,198
- Valoración
- 3.1
- Reseñas
- 12
- ISBNs
- 7
The descriptions of the social life are sometimes sprightly and mildly amusing (even though I would probably not enjoy their amusements.) In these cases I can see something of GGG-Aunt Jane. The story abut the crime just seems to drag on, of course, part of that is because of the prejudices described in the first paragraph. The main character, Prudence, who is supposed to be an independent and forceful proto-feminist ends up as a doormat by the end. It's the reverse of the old trope of the ugly girl taking off her glasses and suddenly becoming a beauty. Prudence falls pretty fast, especially for someone who has been an apparently happy single woman for so long.… (más)