tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post1690707614769084904..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Young, vain and foolish: all that money on a flower?Clothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-6927952816246407832020-02-09T20:51:02.811+00:002020-02-09T20:51:02.811+00:00You do a great job of defending his women characte...You do a great job of defending his women characters Lucy! I think I was annoyed with Dora at the time, and I can name others that I don't like... but there are some good ones, and when they worked, they really worked. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-91291516460585832002020-02-09T11:43:40.364+00:002020-02-09T11:43:40.364+00:00Yes there is the wet Dora (with the mannerisms of ...Yes there is the wet Dora (with the mannerisms of a child of six), and the saintly Agnes, but what about Miss Trotwood, and Rosa Dartle - both to start with examples of another Dickens type - the woman permanently incandescent with rage or annoyance? (Note punctuation borrowed from Mr Jingle.) Mrs Steerforth is pretty "strong", but she's upheld by snobbery and devotion to her son. Mrs Strong is impassioned and misunderstood. Minnie Joram is normal and kind-hearted. I'd forgotten Mr Joram - an everyman who feels for everybody. And Peggotty – a rock! Even Mrs Gummidge comes good. You hope for the best for Martha and Little Em'ly. (Yes, I've just been bed-ridden for three weeks.)Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-32226996179825928232012-11-29T16:01:30.267+00:002012-11-29T16:01:30.267+00:00I can just imagine David Copperfield in that outfi...I can just imagine David Copperfield in that outfit. I quite fancy the shoes....Sarahhttp://crimepieces.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-77910723855757386552012-11-27T15:19:02.985+00:002012-11-27T15:19:02.985+00:00Moira - Oh, this is an absolute classic in many wa...Moira - Oh, this is an absolute classic in many ways. Yes, as you point out so well, it does have its faults. But overall, it's a book with real personality, if I can put it that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com