J. D. Beresford (1873–1947)
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J. D. Beresford (1873-1947), a noted British writer of speculative fiction, wrote such novels as "What Dreams May Come ...," The Riddle of the Tower, and Goslings. Jack L. Chalker is the author of the classic novels Midnight at the Well of Souls and Web of the Chozen and the popular Rings of the mehr anzeigen Master and Dancing Gods series. weniger anzeigen
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Beresford, John Davys
- Geburtstag
- 1873-03-17
- Todestag
- 1947-02-01
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Wohnorte
- Castor, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Porthcothan, Cornwall, England, UK - Ausbildung
- Oundle School
- Berufe
- architect
journalist
writer - Beziehungen
- Beresford, Elisabeth (daughter)
Brandel, Marc (son)
Robertson, Max (son-in-law)
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Set in England, the story generally follows the Gosling family, along with a man named Thrale, who had boarded with them in the past. The Goslings are the sort of striving middle class family that worries about what the neighbors think, but has little view of the world outside the narrow confines of their tidy town house in a pleasant suburb.
I found the most enjoyable part of the book began in the second half, after the Gosling women are forced to leave London, late comers to the great emigration of starving female citizens. The two young Gosling daughters suddenly develop real characters as they escape the confines of their house on Wisteria Lane. This long journey, described in exquisite geographic detail, eventually takes them to one of the rural areas just outside London. There, they find a strong community of organised woman, and their old boarder Thrale, immune to the plague.
The book, although it explores the ideas of ideal female society, is still bound by conventions of the period in which it is written. Men are desired because they can run machinery, kill animals, and perform deeds of bravery that women wouldn't contemplate. But the women of the Marlow community shed their vanity and petty facades, expanding to become pragmatic, cohesive survivors.
The final third of the novel leaves behind the Gosling girls, who have completed their growth and found their potential at Marlow. Instead, we follow Thrale, who has his own growth from a prude into a man who can love freely.
The novel ends with hope, as Thrale envisions the new world he will create, without the old habits of the previous age. Here is the authors Utopian vision, a world built on communities of hard working women and men working with nature.
Overall, the way the novel was written made it less enjoyable to follow than a more conventional plot driven plague story. The moral lectures and strong opinions of the author seeped out in most of the scenes, and although I enjoyed the characters, often I was left wanting more exploration of the outcomes,and instead, received half a story before the focus of the author shifted.… (mehr)