Fidelity A Novel Susan Glaspell 9781542746779 Books
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It was hard to get back into the easy current of everyday talk. Cora Albright's question had too rudely pulled them out of it, disturbing the quiet flow of inconsequential things. Even when they had recovered and were safely flowing along on the fact that the new hotel was to cost two hundred thousand dollars, after they had moved with apparent serenity to lamentation over a neighbor who was sick in bed and without a cook, it was as if they were making a display of the ease with which they could move on those commonplace things, as if thus to deny the consciousness of whirlpools near by.
So they seemed to Dr. Deane Franklin, who, secured by the shadow of the porch vine, could smile to himself at the way he saw through them. Though Deane Franklin's smile for seeing through people was not so much a smile as a queer little twist of the left side of his face, a screwing up of it that half shut one eye and pulled his mouth out of shape, the same twist that used to make people call him a homely youngster. He was thinking that Cora's question, or at any rate her manner in asking it, would itself have told that she had lived away from Freeport for a number of years. She did not know that they did not talk about Ruth Holland any more, that certainly they did not speak of her in the tone of everyday things.
And yet, looking at it in any but the Freeport way, it was the most natural thing in the world that Cora should have asked what she did. Mrs. Lawrence had asked if Mr. Holland—he was Ruth's father—was getting any better, and then Cora had turned to him with the inquiry "Do you ever hear from Ruth?"
Fidelity A Novel Susan Glaspell 9781542746779 Books
Susan Glaspell's beautiful 1915 novel of a fallen woman may be the single best unread American novel from the first quarter of the twentieth century: it is proleptic not only of the later novels of Willa Cather (like THE PROFESSOR'S HOUSE and A LOST LADY) but even of Fitzgerald's Midwestern writings--and yet it remains its own one-of-a-kind work. The protagonist, Ruth, must return home for her father's funeral to the Mississippi River city of Freeport she left a decade earlier with another man's husband, bringing shame to her family and disappointment and feelings of betrayal from the polite society in which she used to excel. The book is far too intelligent to present the aftermath of Ruth's elopement in one-sided terms, and shows as many sides not only to the affair's consequences but to Ruth and her friends as possible. The novel is told deftly and complexly, with unobtrusive shifts from one time period to another; it also treats its Iowan subjects not as mere hicks (as Sinclair Lewis was wont to do) but rather as they see themselves--as complex and richly layered individuals. The highest compliment I can pay FIDELITY is to say it truly deserves the heartstoppingly beautiful re-edition Persephone Books has here given it, with its gorgeous endpapers pattered after a turn-of-the-century quilt.Product details
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Fidelity A Novel Susan Glaspell 9781542746779 Books Reviews
Not exciting to read but very pleasant and held my interest. An enjoyable love story with some intricacies that could not be expected til they came up.
Surprising how relevant this book feels now, and it was written in the 1920's. Great read and doesn't feel dated at all.
An uplifting book about having the courage to live. People have compared it to Madame Bovary and The Awakening, but I found it much more inspiring.
Sarah Glaspell is a beautiful writer, and rather modern considering that this book was written over 100 years ago. No Victorian prose or awkward phrasing. She explores the "why's" of a character's actions, leading us along to explore them with her.
Stunning example of modernist fiction by a master of thoughtful penetration of human motives. Tender and thoughtful, and outstanding read.
This is a very interesting look at social dynamics. While the social structures and rules of society of the book are not in place today, I think the basic behavior of people to protect the comfort of the norm hold true. Who becomes an outcast may have changed, but the fact of resistance to change and judging of others remain the same. Beyond that, I enjoyed the story but had hoped for a more satisfying ending.
Susan Glaspell's beautiful 1915 novel of a fallen woman may be the single best unread American novel from the first quarter of the twentieth century it is proleptic not only of the later novels of Willa Cather (like THE PROFESSOR'S HOUSE and A LOST LADY) but even of Fitzgerald's Midwestern writings--and yet it remains its own one-of-a-kind work. The protagonist, Ruth, must return home for her father's funeral to the Mississippi River city of Freeport she left a decade earlier with another man's husband, bringing shame to her family and disappointment and feelings of betrayal from the polite society in which she used to excel. The book is far too intelligent to present the aftermath of Ruth's elopement in one-sided terms, and shows as many sides not only to the affair's consequences but to Ruth and her friends as possible. The novel is told deftly and complexly, with unobtrusive shifts from one time period to another; it also treats its Iowan subjects not as mere hicks (as Sinclair Lewis was wont to do) but rather as they see themselves--as complex and richly layered individuals. The highest compliment I can pay FIDELITY is to say it truly deserves the heartstoppingly beautiful re-edition Persephone Books has here given it, with its gorgeous endpapers pattered after a turn-of-the-century quilt.
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