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"[...] He tried to smile and say something about hope; but Nurse Furney knew, and she turned away lest the sick woman's questioning eyes should read what her face betrayed. Three o'clock struck. A sweet voice, abrupt and clear, broke the silence of the solemn scene. "Hubert. Where is Hubert? I must see him." "Tell him to come," said Dr. Evans to Dr. Letsom, "but do not tell him there is any danger."[...]".
Wife In Name Only By Charlotte M Brame Illustrated Charlotte M Brame 9781535094092 Books
Reviewing Wife in Name Only is quite a dilemma for me – on one hand, it was an engaging, tense read, but on the other – it's entirely full of sexist, class-prejudiced nonsense that a book couldn't really do without in the 19 century. Which is why it it's probably best said that Wife in Name Only is simply a product of its time, and should be viewed as such. However, I feel like it could be very harmful to a young mind, especially a female one. This book needs to be read with a clear notion of what you're reading and what kind of outdated views on society and life you will find in it. If you are aware of this, you may enjoy the book quite a lot, because it's built well as a story, despite its very real shortcomings. And this is why I am giving it 2.5 stars.The hardest things to read about in this book are the ideas of what a woman should be and the class prejudice that is simply awful. However, if you look past that, the story is enjoyable. It's written in a simple manner, but it's convincing and tense in all the right places. Despite knowing what will happen, you still find yourself glued to the page.
So basically, the bottom line is – be aware of what you're going to find here, and read this book as a sort of documentary of the past. It's definitely an interesting story, if you do that! The reason I read it, was because I wanted to find out more about the social mores of the time, and this seemed to be quite a controversial story, when you think about it. While I rolled my eyes a bit, the story was still an enjoyable read. However, don't have your young daughters reading this. It might impact their self-worth and give them odd ideas about manhood and womanhood. Seriously.
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Wife In Name Only By Charlotte M Brame Illustrated Charlotte M Brame 9781535094092 Books Reviews
(3.5 stars) I'm a compulsive HR reader. Most of the historical romances I read take place in the 1700s or 1800s but were written in the 1990s up to present day. So this one is quite the oddity for me. It's an HR written in 1876 and was actually a contemporary romance in its day. As such, it's nice not to find anachronisms in speech, behavior and title use, but the story itself is very heavy on melodrama.
If you can get over that melodrama and also the slow pacing of the story, you just might find this as entertaining and educational as I did. I say "might" because a reader used to the breezier, sexier, more anachronistic modern style of writing may very well say "This is not for me." And it doesn't help that there are lots of misspellings and formatting issues in this version.
But I enjoyed this for the historical aspect of it. The English author of this book, Charlotte Brame, lived from 1836-1884. In 1863 she married and had seven children with an alcoholic and unsuccessful businessman. Charlotte had to do something to support the family and took to writing romances, most of them, as was customary in Victorian times, in installment form in English periodicals, often reprinted in the U.S. under the pseudonym Bertha M. Clay. (BTW, Bertha Clay was one of the most popular writers of the day in the U.S. but, unfortunately, her work was pirated there and Brame didn't receive many royalties.)
But back to this novel, which was published in installments from November 1876 to some time in 1877. It has some twists and turns, an interesting way of developing the story and introducing the characters but can be a bit exasperating because of some characters' actions and all the melodramatic tropes to be found. To give her credit, readers then wanted these and many authors today use them all in romances.
So what have we got in this novel? Well, there's misalliance, unrequited love, an abducted heiress, obsession, jealousy, and revenge. A lot of the story development depends on coincidence, lies and misunderstanding, the huge divide between the social classes, one obsessed and vengefully manipulative woman, and one particularly dense hero (Norman, Lord Arleigh, what is your I.Q. anyway?) As I said, it's a good read for those curious about Victorian romances actually written in Victorian times.
I pounced on this after reading "Dora Thorne" by the same author, and noticing that other readers rated this book very highly. But for me it did not deserve a higher rating.
In the first part of the story, a sad and lonely doctor helps a titled visitor, who's beautiful wife dies in childbirth. Continuing with Charlotte Brame's theme of how undesirable marriages are between social unequals, the father leaves the child, Madaline, with the doctor and a local woman to bring up, because his marriage to the daughter of a pastor might kill his very ill father with shock. The doctor dies unexpectedly, and the child's adoptive mother is forced by her husband's criminal tendencies to leave the town - taking the paperwork proving the child's identity with her.
In the second part of the story, beautiful upper class Philippa is deeply in love with her titled childhood friend, Norman. Their parents intended them to marry, but Norman has no idea Philippa still expects this to happen now that they are adults. Philippa, though all London is at her feet, can never be his "ideal". When Philippa realizes this, she puts her whole heart into trying to be the woman he falls in love with. But he doesn't, and her love is destroyed.
Desiring revenge, she takes a leaf from a popular book to find a woman who fits his ideal type, but who comes from criminal parentage that he will find unacceptable. She finds Madaline, conceals that her father is now a felon, and lets things take their course. Then, on Madaline and Norman's wedding day, she reveals Madaline's tainted birth... Madaline is forced, on her first day as a wife to the man she loves, to become a "wife in name only".
The last part of the story is where all of this gets sorted out.
It was an all right book, but I thought it wasn't as well written as Dora Thorne. It was a very interesting period piece, but not a classic. I enjoyed it and do recommend it, but can't give it 5 stars.
Reviewing Wife in Name Only is quite a dilemma for me – on one hand, it was an engaging, tense read, but on the other – it's entirely full of sexist, class-prejudiced nonsense that a book couldn't really do without in the 19 century. Which is why it it's probably best said that Wife in Name Only is simply a product of its time, and should be viewed as such. However, I feel like it could be very harmful to a young mind, especially a female one. This book needs to be read with a clear notion of what you're reading and what kind of outdated views on society and life you will find in it. If you are aware of this, you may enjoy the book quite a lot, because it's built well as a story, despite its very real shortcomings. And this is why I am giving it 2.5 stars.
The hardest things to read about in this book are the ideas of what a woman should be and the class prejudice that is simply awful. However, if you look past that, the story is enjoyable. It's written in a simple manner, but it's convincing and tense in all the right places. Despite knowing what will happen, you still find yourself glued to the page.
So basically, the bottom line is – be aware of what you're going to find here, and read this book as a sort of documentary of the past. It's definitely an interesting story, if you do that! The reason I read it, was because I wanted to find out more about the social mores of the time, and this seemed to be quite a controversial story, when you think about it. While I rolled my eyes a bit, the story was still an enjoyable read. However, don't have your young daughters reading this. It might impact their self-worth and give them odd ideas about manhood and womanhood. Seriously.
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