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The Moorland Cottage
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Maggie Brown is torn between her mother who constantly tells her to live for her selfish brother (to whom she gives all her love) to her wish to marry Frank and live for herself. Maggie's plight for independence shows the change in women's role, which started to take place during that time. But it also keeps to the tradition of an almost Cinderella story: the pure woman does the best for everyone but herself and is rewarded for that. In addition, this is a very interesting story, written in Gaskell's remarkable style.
Maggie Brown is torn between her mother who constantly tells her to live for her selfish brother (to whom she gives all her love) to her wish to marry Frank and live for herself. Maggie's plight for independence shows the change in women's role, which started to take place during that time. But it also keeps to the tradition of an almost Cinderella story: the pure woman does the best for everyone but herself and is rewarded for that. In addition, this is a very interesting story, written in Gaskell's remarkable style.
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Nancy came out, with a wondering look, to receive Maggie.
"It is Mr. Frank Buxton," said she, by way of an introduction. "He has
brought mamma the newspaper."
"Will you walk in, sir, and rest? I can tie up your horse."
"No, thank you," said he, "I must be off. Don't forget, little mousey, that
you are to ready for another ride next Wednesday." And away he went.
It needed a good deal of Nancy's diplomacy to procure Maggie this pleasure;
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Prior to coming upon this book recently, I had thought I had read all Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels and most of her short stories years ago, I re-read Cranford two years ago and loved it all over again. I was therefore both surprised and delighted to come across this short novel which I hadn’t either r
Comencé a leer a Elizabeth Gaskell hace unos años, tras experimentar con sus cuentos góticos y terminar la aclamada «Cranford», llegó el turno de adentrarme en una de sus novelas cortas, «La casa del páramo». La escritora inglesa y que forma parte de las autoras destacadas de la época victoriana, la
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¡¡Me ha encantado!! Tenía una espinita clavada porque no me había gustado mucho «Cranford» y temía que Gaskell no fuera muy de mi estilo. Pero nada más lejos, he disfrutado muchísimo de una historia cargada de melodrama que ha conseguido mantenerme completamente enganchada.
Es la típica historia de a
No puedo evitar que me venga a la cabeza eso tan redicho de "lo bueno, si es breve dos veces bueno". Pues con este libro así es de cierto. De una forma sencilla y amena nos mete de lleno en una bucólica ambientación paisajística, que no social. Con unos personajes que son todo inocencia y virtud, y
'La casa del Páramo' es una novela romántica corta preciosa y con una protagonista demasiado buena para la familia que le toca tener, con personajes muy egoístas y otros que es imposible no quererlos. Gaskell nos da una historia de amor con obstáculos, rodeada de situaciones donde se critica las vir
A great novella - thoroughly engaging, with well built characters and a very interesting sibling relationship. Maggie is a fascinating character and the conflict between her duty to herself and her duty to her family is wonderfully explored.
4,5/5
De las historias cortas de la Gaskell, mi preferida por el momento… ¡Me ha encantando! :)