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A review by mon_ique
The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth
4.0
What a sentimental little thing! I loved it.
Took me long enough to finish haha.
I've taken away so many great quotes, and I will (wo)manfully admit that I cried a little at the end. The justice of it all...
The language at times was trying and difficult to understand, but the main passages more or less came through...
I feel like I did when I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time, at like, age 11. One day I may try again, or to be sure, I will definitely read more Edgeworth. I appreciated the seriousness and the humor, entwined with emotion. There was one passage so very awkward to read, but it just adds to the historical charm of the characters portrayed.
Made it in the quote book:
“Think no more of love, but as much as you please of friendships.”
“Friend...though the length of our acquaintance might not justify the word, yet regard and intimacy are not always in proportion to the time people have known each other, but to their mutual perception of certain attaching qualities, a certain similarity and suitableness of character.”
“When anything’s upon my heart, good morning to my head, it’s not worth a lemon.”
Took me long enough to finish haha.
I've taken away so many great quotes, and I will (wo)manfully admit that I cried a little at the end. The justice of it all...
The language at times was trying and difficult to understand, but the main passages more or less came through...
I feel like I did when I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time, at like, age 11. One day I may try again, or to be sure, I will definitely read more Edgeworth. I appreciated the seriousness and the humor, entwined with emotion. There was one passage so very awkward to read, but it just adds to the historical charm of the characters portrayed.
Made it in the quote book:
“Think no more of love, but as much as you please of friendships.”
“Friend...though the length of our acquaintance might not justify the word, yet regard and intimacy are not always in proportion to the time people have known each other, but to their mutual perception of certain attaching qualities, a certain similarity and suitableness of character.”
“When anything’s upon my heart, good morning to my head, it’s not worth a lemon.”