Pamela: Or Virtue Rewarded (Oxford World’s Classics)
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I really enjoyed this, not just for the historical context (even though this was fascinating) but also for the story. Of course, the big twist is shocking and really questionable by today's standarts, but I believe this could have worked with a better, more elaborate and believable redemption ark. As it is, for the time it is written in, him kind of seeing the error in his ways and making a decision that wasn't acceptable for people of his class and therefore a sacrifice was enough. Apart from that, the first part of the book makes for a pretty terrifying domestic horror story, while everything after that is pretty nice and mostly sweet - for the time period. Of course, the more terrifying part was the most interesting one, but after that, the niceness of the second part felt totally needed. Pamela paints an interesting picture of 18th century. I really liked the writing, it felt more fluent and less over the top and complicated than what I've read from the time period, while still being somewhat poetic in its style. If you go in, knowing what to expect and being ok with reading that, you can actually have fun with this book. I still kept this spoiler free, in case someone really doesn't want to know in advance.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
I really enjoyed this, not just for the historical context (even though this was fascinating) but also for the story. Of course, the big twist is shocking and really questionable by today's standarts, but I believe this could have worked with a better, more elaborate and believable redemption ark. As it is, for the time it is written in, him kind of seeing the error in his ways and making a decision that wasn't acceptable for people of his class and therefore a sacrifice was enough. Apart from that, the first part of the book makes for a pretty terrifying domestic horror story, while everything after that is pretty nice and mostly sweet - for the time period. Of course, the more terrifying part was the most interesting one, but after that, the niceness of the second part felt totally needed. Pamela paints an interesting picture of 18th century. I really liked the writing, it felt more fluent and less over the top and complicated than what I've read from the time period, while still being somewhat poetic in its style. If you go in, knowing what to expect and being ok with reading that, you can actually have fun with this book. I still kept this spoiler free, in case someone really doesn't want to know in advance.