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The Morgesons
by Elizabeth Stoddard
I'm not sure what to make of this novel. It's a 19th century novel about Cassandra Morgeson, a young woman in New England. It covers her coming of age and her establishment of a life for herself that is outside of many of the confines of typical Victorian womanhood. Cassandra is a prickly character, though. I found her somehwat difficult to relate to. And she escapes the confining influences of family, religion, and propriety not so much through informed resistance as through a willful oblivion. It's a short book, and rather spare when it comes to describing or exploring the characters,
by Elizabeth Stoddard
I'm not sure what to make of this novel. It's a 19th century novel about Cassandra Morgeson, a young woman in New England. It covers her coming of age and her establishment of a life for herself that is outside of many of the confines of typical Victorian womanhood. Cassandra is a prickly character, though. I found her somehwat difficult to relate to. And she escapes the confining influences of family, religion, and propriety not so much through informed resistance as through a willful oblivion. It's a short book, and rather spare when it comes to describing or exploring the characters,