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3.5 stars.
A tragic yet entertaining story about not very sympathetic people, some of whom you end up liking anyway because of their sheer humanity and the humour and pathos with which they are portrayed. Though there is unfortunately some stereotyping, particularly national stereotyping.
Oddly, the character who at first appears to be the main character, isn't who the book is about at all, and the entire story is all there to show the personality change and growth in another character. There is n ...more
A tragic yet entertaining story about not very sympathetic people, some of whom you end up liking anyway because of their sheer humanity and the humour and pathos with which they are portrayed. Though there is unfortunately some stereotyping, particularly national stereotyping.
Oddly, the character who at first appears to be the main character, isn't who the book is about at all, and the entire story is all there to show the personality change and growth in another character. There is n ...more
Being part Italian myself I was excited for this one touted as a "witty romance set in Italy" but it just did not delier.
The dynamics between all of the characters was really uncomfortable and I think it was supposed to be ironic but there wasn't enough wit to carry it through. It's not what I would call a romance at all and the 'humor' was a bit off-putting in my opinion...
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The dynamics between all of the characters was really uncomfortable and I think it was supposed to be ironic but there wasn't enough wit to carry it through. It's not what I would call a romance at all and the 'humor' was a bit off-putting in my opinion...
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*** 1/2
Henry James wrote The Ambassadors in 1903; Forster wrote this novel in 1905. Both deal with seemingly irreconcilable cultural differences in affairs of the heart, pitting the Anglo-Saxon virtues and rigid decencies against the Latin conceptions of love. While James wallows in endless mind games and ploys, Forster limits his story to actions and reactions, with a smidgin of psychological treatment. And, while both Mrs Newsome and Mrs Herriton appear to have achieved their objectives, Forst ...more
Henry James wrote The Ambassadors in 1903; Forster wrote this novel in 1905. Both deal with seemingly irreconcilable cultural differences in affairs of the heart, pitting the Anglo-Saxon virtues and rigid decencies against the Latin conceptions of love. While James wallows in endless mind games and ploys, Forster limits his story to actions and reactions, with a smidgin of psychological treatment. And, while both Mrs Newsome and Mrs Herriton appear to have achieved their objectives, Forst ...more
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