{"id":19491,"date":"2021-12-30T08:38:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T13:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=19491"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:37:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:37:20","slug":"a-holiday-by-gaslight-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19491","title":{"rendered":"A Holiday By Gaslight"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Holiday By Gaslight<\/a><\/em> (2018) Mimi Matthews<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Set in England in 1861<\/p>\n

I love a good novella \/ short story. <\/p>\n

I have tremendous respect for an author who can build characters and an immersive story in under 200 pages.<\/p>\n

What I particularly liked about this story is Sophie has a complex relationship with her family, but it is also clear that she loves them and they love her–even if her father and sister are not good at showing it.<\/p>\n

Is it so unforgiveable that I should wish to marry someone I might like just a little, and who might like me in return for reasons other than my pedigree? I don\u2019t require love. I\u2019m not so silly as that. But you ask me to leave our family, to marry a stranger and live out the rest of my days in his house, as his possession.
\n…
\nHer mother frowned. \u201cNo, indeed. We\u2019ve asked a great deal of you, haven\u2019t we? It hasn\u2019t always been fair.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never complained.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t blame you if you had.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Plus, the heart of the story is communication and talking to each other.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Perfectly Proper Press
\nRating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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