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Melissa Jones

Teoksen Emily Hudson tekijä

18 teosta 130 jäsentä 2 arvostelua

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This book has been an unexpected treat. I started reading without too much previous research and I was more than positively surprised.
A delightful and fresh prose mingles with an epistolary style, which exposes in a witty and elegant way, the feelings of Emily, the book's heroine.
With reminiscences of great classics such as Jane Eyre of Henry Jame's "Portrait of a Lady", the novel finds a voice of its own resulting in an original but with a kind of homecoming taste that makes the story unconsciously appealing to the reader.
But what I most valued of the novel is the way it deals with different subjects efficiently and with exquisite grace. Far from the typical coming of age novel, the story deals with much more, such as the right of a young woman in the XIXth century to be free and independent, to have a right to express her mind and to be rewarded by seeing her emerging stronger and wiser with each foe overcome.
I also loved the epilogue, which stands out for its unusuality in comparison to the romantic classics, it gives the book this unique and outstanding touch.
An author to be considered for further reading, that's for sure.

"Besides, in my belief, a person is always essentially themselves. That cannot be changed or altered"
"But that is cultures, is it not - built on blood?"
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Luli81 | Mar 20, 2011 |
Emily Hudson, by Melissa Jones, is a quiet romance occuring during the end of the Civil War. Emily is a young lady, orphaned by consumption, with no alternative but to allow herself to be taken in by wealthy relatives--none of whom seem to think very highly of her. Through correspondence with her dearest friend from school, Emily shows the reader her conscience and her soul. Afraid of developing consumption herself, in love with a man she feels she cannot marry, and beholden to a cousin who has only his own interests at heart, Emily drifts through day after day, her only joy a love of art. When she removes herself to Rome, Italy to finally stand on her own, we see a more self-possessed Emily emerge. It is as she finally comes into her own and attains the love she thought she'd never have, that the beauty in Emily's story appears.

Though forced to hang on until the very end for satisfaction, reading Emily Hudson is a pleasing endeavor. The heroine is likable and it's difficult to hold back from rooting for her to claim herself and walk proudly into a world of her choosing. I liked this book very much and would recommend it for a lazy Sunday afternoon.
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Teokset
18
Jäseniä
130
Suosituimmuussija
#155,342
Arvio (tähdet)
3.8
Kirja-arvosteluja
2
ISBN:t
34
Kielet
1

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