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Case of General Ople
George Meredith
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Elizabeth gave a slight exclamation, and blushed.
'So, my dear, we are objects of interest to her ladyship,' said the
General.
He assured her that Lady Camper's manners were delightful. Strange to tell, she knew a great deal of his antecedent history, things he had not supposed were known; 'little matters,' he remarked, by which his daughter faintly conceived a reference to the conquests of his dashing days. Lady Camper had deigned to impart some of her own, incidentally; that she was of Welsh blood, and born among the mountains. 'She has a romantic look,' was the General's comment; and that her husband had been an insatiable traveller before he became an invalid, and had never cared for Art. 'Quite an extraordinary circumstance, with such a wife!' the General said.
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MARAVILLA
There isn't much drama, so plot is rather slow and at time boring. Sadly, it also has a few of plot holes. The persona of lady Camper however is beautifully written, fascinating and deep. The language and how it portrays the world is done well too.
This is going to be a blitz review of something I read weeks ago! It started out so promising that I was moved to dissect the first several pages for my own entertainment-cum-edification, but by the end it had lost control of reality in a disappointing way. Mostly I mean that General Ople was positi
2.5 ★★
Un relato corto, divertido y satírico sobre las concepciones sociales y el amor en la época victoriana a través de dos personajes —el general Wilson Ople y lady Camper— caricaturizados hasta el extremo. Un libro amable en una edición con un posfacio, de lo más interesante, firmado por la gran
"Buon Dio! Lui era un generale di non più di cinquantacinque anni, nel pieno delle forze, e lei una donna di settanta! La prospettiva era desolante. Sembrava la vista della steppa".
3.5
«Se oye a los señores mayores hablar con cariño de los azotes, y no por apego al dolor, sino porque el instrumento reaviva en ellos la sensación de juventud. [...] A distancia, la punta del látigo puede parecer más una caricia prolongada que el escozor de una picadura.»
En un lugar indefinido de la campiña inglesa, reside el general Wilson Ople, militar retirado en compañía de su joven hija Elizabeth. Nuestro protagonista, ronda la cincuentena, le encantan las reuniones sociales, es enamoradizo, galante, presuntuoso, excesivamente formal y un snob. Vive por encima