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1927. Walpole wrote horror novels that tended more towards the psychological rather than supernatural, with a brooding underlying mysticism. Wintersmoon begins: I am asking you again to marry me as I did a fortnight ago. Janet Grandison turned towards him and said: Yes. You've been very honest. I believe, he said, honesty to be the only thing for us. From the beginning I have always known that you valued that-honesty I mean-more perhaps than anything. I value it too. She smiled. I believe you do. But we all do. We make a fetish of it. It seems to me sometimes almost the only good thing that has survived the war. Well, she went on, I have had the fortnight I begged for. A fortnight ago you asked me to marry you. You said you weren't in love with me but that you liked and respected me, that you thought we would get on well together. You want me to be the mother of your children. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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The other half of the book is unfortunately about Walpole's favorite subject: the old vs the new. Janet and her new, aristocratic family stand for "Old England," made of traditions, stiff upper lips and doing ones duty. Rosalind and her catty friends stand for "New England," which is apparently all about criticizing the old, being completely emotionless and disconnecting physical compatability from love. The characters all talk about making a stand for their type of England, and how they have to be free to do the work they see needs doing--but absolutely none of them have any actual opinions or do anything at all. None of them translate their oh-so-important-feelings into campaigning for women's rights or labor unions or anything.
Walpole attempts more than he is capable of. ( )