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The Moorland Cottage
Written by Elizabeth Gaskell
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Maggie Brown is torn between her mother who constantly tells her to live for her selfish brother (to whom she gives all her love) to her wish to marry Frank and live for herself. Maggie's plight for independence shows the change in women's role, which started to take place during that time. But it also keeps to the tradition of an almost Cinderella story: the pure woman does the best for everyone but herself and is rewarded for that. In addition, this is a very interesting story, written in Gaskell's remarkable style. When you read it, you are transported to another time, and place. (Summary by Stav Nisser.)
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Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) was a British novelist and short-story writer. Her works were Victorian social histories across many strata of society. Her most famous works include Mary Barton, Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Terribly sad and frustrating at times. The mother loved her son and acted as though he could do no wrong. everyone else could see he was a selfish, foolish boy who grew up to be a selfish and immoral man. Maybe it's the modernness of my thinking but I hated how much Maggie acquiesced to every whim of her mother and brother. And even when she finally stood up for herself she made sacrifices to save him from facing punishment for his wrongdoing. But Maggie is a godly character with much more self sacrificial feeling than I would ever have. Very well written.
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