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 Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:16 pm Post subject: [GROUP] Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau - ek |
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Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau (1802-1876).
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| Quote: | A three volume novel, Deerbrook (1839) is a story of middle class country life with a surgeon hero.
Like the later and more famous novel Middlemarch, Deerbrook describes the life of country people in a fictional English town. The Grey family live in one of the loveliest houses in Deerbrook, but a change in their lives is going to take place... The Ibbotson sisters, Hester and Margaret, orphaned distant cousins of Mr. Grey are coming to live with them. Like in Jane Austen's novels, we see how the sisters are trying to advance themselves. In Victorian England, the chief way for women to "advance themselves" is to marry well. But will they succeed? And if they succeed, will they be happy?
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| Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, Neeru, I am so glad you started it. What a nice gift. Aspeshally for my birthday. If you wish, I can get a good summary for you (though I don't think it's in the public domain). I'll give it to you and request that before cataloguing, it will be revised.
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Yay, Stav, I'm glad you like the gift  Sure, thanks, a good summary will be very useful 
Happy Birthday, once again 
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"Like the later and more famous novel Middlemarch, Deerbrook discribes the life of country people in a fictional english town. The grey family live in one of the lovelyest houses in Deerbrook, but a change in their lives is going to take place... The Ibbotson sisters, Hester and Margaret, orphaned distant cousins of Mr. Grey. Like in Jane Austen's novels, we see how the sisters are trying to advance themselves. In victorian England, the chief way for women to "advance themselves" is to marry well. But will they succeed? And if they succeed, will they be happy?"
Summary by Stav Nisser.
I read a lot of summarys of this bok and combined them into one pd summary for you. One that you have no need to change. I am quite proud of what I wrote, but if you don't like it- just let me know.
Stav.
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Hi, everyone! I will be glad to MC this one. Will set things up shortly!
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| Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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THANK YOU, KRISTINE! 
It was a pleasure working with you Famous Affinities! Happy to work with you again
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Let's complete this sentence "orphaned cousens of Mr. Grey are coming to live with them". Please eddet this.
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Yaay, hi again, Kristine! It's been an hour since we finished a project and here we go again! I'm glad working with you
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All set up!
And I am happy to work with you, folks. Seeing all of you gathered in this project I couldn't just walk by.
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