It’s an extraordinary book, and, as you say, better than any of her sisters’ works. It’s immensely brave for it’s time, too, in confronting the things it does — not the adultery, which was a novel standard, but alcoholism, spousal abuse and the need for female rights to independence.
It’s an extraordinary book, and, as you say, better than any of her sisters’ works. It’s immensely brave for it’s time, too, in confronting the things it does — not the adultery, which was a novel standard, but alcoholism, spousal abuse and the need for female rights to independence.