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Bezig met laden... Pauline's Passion and Punishment (1863)door Louisa May Alcott
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is one of Louisa May Alcott's darkest works, again showing how talented she was at writing in different genres; a mark of a great author. This is a tale of a scorned woman's revenge on a man who informed her - via letter - that he'd dropped her to marry someone with more money. Thus the passion in the story is about Pauline's desire to get even, which involves her using a man who's besotted with her, and a former female school friend, without accounting for how her (Pauline's) actions against her betrayer will affect those two who are innocent. The punishment comes at the end of the tale and I can't mention anymore here without giving things away. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: Fans of Alcott's work, such as the beloved classic Little Women, will be pleasantly surprised by this fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge. Although the thriller Pauline's Passion and Punishment has a somewhat darker tone than most of Alcott's other works, it's a satisfying read in which the writer's powers of characterization and plot development are on full display. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Pauline learns that the man she loves is married to someone else She is comforted by Manuel, a man a few years younger than she, who has loved her for a long time. She agrees to marry him.. but he knows that she only cares for him as a friend, and thinks of him as a brother rather than a husband.
Alas, there were no redeeming features to this book in which Pauline shows an increasingly vicious desire for revenge, leading, in a shocking climax, to a lifetime of regret.
I suppose it might be considered a moral tale, pointing out the evils of bitterness and the disasters befalling a lust for revenge. I just found it depressing. ( )