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Dec 19, 2020
Chrissie
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What is delivered here is a commentary on British society at the turn of the 20th century, particularly in relation to class stratification. The story focuses upon three families—the wealthy Wilcox family of high standing and privilege, the Schlegels of the intellectual and progressive Bloomsbury set and finally the Basts of the working class who can barely make ends meet despite incessant hard work. One’s class both shapes and constricts a person. Moving from one class to another is fraught wit
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I listened to this as an audiobook. In retrospect, this was possibly a mistake. There are many passages in this, some of which are quite long, of philosophical thoughts and theories, which I often lost track of in the listening. They may have made more sense if I'd been able to go back and re-read them, but it was too much trouble to keep going back over an audio track.
Even without the philosophical parts, I found it a little difficult to keep track of the story at times. I couldn't work out whe ...more
Even without the philosophical parts, I found it a little difficult to keep track of the story at times. I couldn't work out whe ...more
Sep 01, 2009
Carolyn
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