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Unlike most of Ms. MacInnes' books, Friends and Lovers has no espionage and no action/suspense. The story is about two young people who fall in love and wish to make a life together despite the expectations of family and society.
There is a lot of philosophizing in this book (mostly by the characters' internal musings). The actual action/plot is minimal.
I found it somewhat sexist in terms of the expectations for women but interesting in terms of the depiction of class society in Britain. When ch ...more
There is a lot of philosophizing in this book (mostly by the characters' internal musings). The actual action/plot is minimal.
I found it somewhat sexist in terms of the expectations for women but interesting in terms of the depiction of class society in Britain. When ch ...more