![]() ![]() The male characters range from self absorption and selfishness, directionless laziness, caring partners: again these men are recognisable today. At the same time, she has tragically unrealistic expectations of a marriage where she believes she can help achieve her partner's fulfillment rather than her own. The main heroine, Dorothea, is remarkably portrayed: she could be a woman of 2012: she is ruled by a confused idealism, wanting to contribute positively to an unequal and unfair society and work towards higher philosophical understanding of the nature of existence. Then there are the calls for the liberation of women, not only on a social level, but urging women to recognise their own position in the society of the 1830s and respond even if it only within the confines of their family. There is the subtle humor and the witty and insightful political and social commentary. ![]() Listening to it being read - so very beautifully by Stevenson - allows the listener to absorb the many dimensions of this classic. ![]()
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