Lois Austen-Leigh (1883–1968)
Auteur van The Incredible Crime
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Werken van Lois Austen-Leigh
The Gobblecock Mystery 2 exemplaren
The Incrediable Crime 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1883
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1968
- Geslacht
- female
- Relaties
- Austen, Jane (great grand aunt)
Austen-Leigh, James Edward (grandfather)
Leden
Besprekingen
Lijsten
Statistieken
- Werken
- 5
- Leden
- 152
- Populariteit
- #137,198
- Waardering
- 3.1
- Besprekingen
- 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.… (meer)