Much Dithering: Introduction and thoughts on reading.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

This month we'll br reading Much Dithering by Dorothy Lambert, which was released in a batch of Furrowed Middlebrow titles all about village life. Here's Scott'review of it https://furrowedmiddlebrow.blogspot.c...

It's not her only book, but it does seem to be the only one readily available to us.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

I have started this one, and it looks like it will be a goodie.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

Often, when reading older fiction, we come across viewpoints that jar with our modern sensibilities. I have come across one character who has made an anti-sematic remark, however, in this case it seems to be the voice of the character and not of the author; other characters aren't in agreement with her.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

I've got to the part where Blythe is talking to the inn keeper and I'm thinking, (and I'm going to put this in spoiler tags in case I'm right), that (view spoiler)[Blythe is actually the nephew that is about to inherit Priory Place (hide spoiler)]

[Elke]

I agree that these older books more and more shock me with racist and sexist comments. Makes me cringe.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

It does, it's much more likely to affect my enjoyment of a book if it is from the authorial voice, but in this case it seems to be there to suggest one character isn't nice because the's a bigot.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

I knew Colonel Tidmarsh was older than Joselyn, but I've just found out that he is 60ish! And her aunt considers him a suitable husband for her. That's nuts! No wonder he's so keen. (And she isn't).

[Sandybeth]

Hello all. Sorry I have been missing in action. I have just downloaded Much Dithering and am excited to get reading this afternoon.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

Great to have you on board : ) Hope you enjoy it.

[Sandybeth]

I am really enjoying this novel. Gosh the mother is evil!

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

She's awful. But I did really enjoy her as a character.

[Elke]

The mother reminds me of Jane Austen's Lady Susan - who is kind of delightful on her terribleness.

[Elke]

Tania wrote: "I knew Colonel Tidmarsh was older than Joselyn, but I've just found out that he is 60ish! And her aunt considers him a suitable husband for her. That's nuts! No wonder he's so keen. (And she isn't)."

I agree this was disgusting. Poor Jocelyn - people making plans for her to marry and basically just take care of an old man!

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

Elke wrote: "The mother reminds me of Jane Austen's Lady Susan - who is kind of delightful on her terribleness."

Yes, that's it.