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Cargando... The Incomplete Amorist (1906)por E. Nesbit
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Eh, what can I say about this book? Betty Desmond was certainly very naive and made a lot of bad choices. I'm glad everything turned out good in the end, with Betty and her step-father learning some things they needed to know. I wasn't at all surprised by the ending—I could see it coming. It was obvious Betty and Vernon's relationship was all romance and no substance. I never felt sorry for Eustace Vernon—I'm not sure if he is supposed to be a likeable character or not but I disliked him the whole time. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"He asked idle questions: she answered them with a conscientious tremulous truthfulness that showed to him as the most finished art. Betty told him nervously and in words ill-chosen everything that he asked to know, but all the while the undercurrent of questions rang strong within her -- 'When is he to teach me? Where? How?' -- so that when at last there was left but the bare fifteen minutes needed to get one home in time for the midday dinner she said abruptly: 'And when shall I see you again?'" No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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There’s a lot of irony in the writing, and some wry observations that lift this out of the mundane. There's also some good characterisation. The relationship between Betty and her stepfather is full of misunderstandings, and hoped that they would eventually understand each other better.
In places the story is rather slow-moving, but given its age, most if it is lively, even risqué in places. There are implications and innuendoes, and a fair amount of tension.
This made a good book to read when on holiday; it wasn’t so gripping that I couldn’t put it down but the characters and situations were distinct enough that I never forgot who was whom. Not as good as the author’s better-known children's books, but on the whole I liked this novel and am glad I read it. ( )