The Egoist

ISBN-13: 9781617207976 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 464 str.

George Meredith

Opis

The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he vacillates between the sentimental Laetitia Dale and the strong-willed Clara Middleton. More importantly, the novel follows Claras attempts to escape from her engagement to Sir Willoughby, who desires women to serve as a mirror for him and consequently cannot understand why she would not want to marry him. Thus, The Egoist dramatizes the difficulty contingent upon being a woman in Victorian society, when womens bodies and minds are trafficked between fathers and husbands to cement male bonds.