tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512516523018627966.post7852294900428416726..comments2023-06-02T14:56:35.057+01:00Comments on The Book Trunk: Mad Wife With a Hidden PastChristine Hardinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512516523018627966.post-76424240840805991742012-01-23T09:28:38.021+00:002012-01-23T09:28:38.021+00:00Lots of us do! I certainly was not on George's...Lots of us do! I certainly was not on George's side and I didn't like that besotted fool Sir Michael Audley very much either (look at the way he treats Alicia).Dark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512516523018627966.post-55322524830675076102012-01-22T19:38:44.979+00:002012-01-22T19:38:44.979+00:00Jane, thank you,I'm glad someone agrees with m...Jane, thank you,I'm glad someone agrees with me!Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512516523018627966.post-32908470935945230172012-01-22T19:20:24.582+00:002012-01-22T19:20:24.582+00:00I agree 100%. Also, Helen's father drinks up a...I agree 100%. Also, Helen's father drinks up all the money she makes in piano lessons and she becomes so overwhelmed that she deserts her son and father. In her confession she said that she never loved the baby--then why did she keep a lock of his hair, why did she visit him and watch him sleep. Why isn't Robert furious that Luke Marks hid the truth so he could blackmail Lady Audley and drive Robert crazy? No nothing is made of this either because Luke is dying of a broken heart(?) ha he has none. Robert is disgusted with the women especially Lucy's former co-workers who inform on her and gleeful in about her incoming troubles. So Lucy is disgusting because she married for money ? Women and men married for money please!<br />Lady Audley was the most interesting person in the novel. I would happily push all the others down the well except for little George.Jane Fairfaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512516523018627966.post-54592541490312013432012-01-22T09:31:20.809+00:002012-01-22T09:31:20.809+00:00Lyn, I agree with you - but their reaction still m...Lyn, I agree with you - but their reaction still makes me cross!Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512516523018627966.post-9863461058048727952012-01-22T09:22:45.399+00:002012-01-22T09:22:45.399+00:00I know she was a gold-digger, and only married Geo...I know she was a gold-digger, and only married George because she thought he had enough money to give her a comfortable life, but a man who acted as she did would have been viewed differently. What about Edward Rochester, regarded as a hero, but he married for money, locked his'mad'wife in the 'attic', abandoned a string of mistresses, fought a love rival, and was quite prepared to marry Jane while his first wife was still alive!Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512516523018627966.post-26240663875911652902012-01-22T03:28:13.471+00:002012-01-22T03:28:13.471+00:00This is one of my favourite sensation novels. Lady...This is one of my favourite sensation novels. Lady A certainly had a lot to put up with but the original readers would have found few mitigating factors in her favour. I think that's one of the joys of reading 19th century fiction today - trying to imagine the reactions of the original readers as well as being able to look at the book with modern eyes.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512516523018627966.post-9377850196272310322012-01-21T22:48:32.338+00:002012-01-21T22:48:32.338+00:00That was exactly how I felt! Usually I like happy ...That was exactly how I felt! Usually I like happy endings, but not at the expense of the integrity of the story.Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512516523018627966.post-1530908563256062232012-01-21T22:23:27.004+00:002012-01-21T22:23:27.004+00:00I think the book might stand a forensic re-read, j...I think the book might stand a forensic re-read, just to examine the evidence against Lady A., and as you so rightly say, the mitigating factors. It's certainly rich material.Cornflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779286635989616330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512516523018627966.post-62617660505060174972012-01-21T21:42:20.309+00:002012-01-21T21:42:20.309+00:00I completely agree with you about the ending of th...I completely agree with you about the ending of this novel, I found it very weak indeed; I'd rather it had just said "and they all lived happlily ever after" but I'd much rather they hadn't!Dark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.com