Cult-favorite Tryst by Elswyth Thane (1939).Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell.Bookshelf Traveling with Patricia Wentworth - Augu.Favorite Reads of 2014 (somewhat belated).Catching Up with Miss Hargreaves, Poppy, and Summe.
One can only hope that his and Roger’s interest in science augurs well for keeping the remaining characters alive! Gibson cannot prevent the many (mysterious or poorly diagnosed) deaths that occur in this book. And more than anything in this book, one is conscious of the mortality rate in the 19th century. Even when Roger ultimately recognizes his folly and chooses Molly, recognizing her sterling qualities, the reader wonders if it is because her love made her interested in his work and she became an intelligent listener. Even her ultimate romance seemed like an unequal relationship: Roger prefers her stepsister initially, not recognizing that insecurity has made Cynthia crave the comfort of admiration so she flirts or ingratiates herself to survive, not because she cares for him. Molly Gibson is a sweet but dull heroine who is very dutiful to her neglectful father and a loyal friend to her new stepsister but we all felt disappointed by her doormat personality. Because neither Molly nor Roger have any of the dimension or appeal of Margaret Hale and John Thornton, I did not find either the story or the romance as moving as North and South.
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