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Of all Bowen's novels, this is perhaps the most personal and the most domestic. It gives a view of a wealthy middle class enjoying the sunset of its prosperity, security and complacency.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 Complications of marriage and affairs, Jui 14 2001

Par	A. Woodley "Patroness, Janeites, the Austen list" (New Zealand) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: 20th Century Friends And Relations (Paperback)

Friends and Relations is written in three parts. The first part being the sudden marriage of the two Studdart girls, Laurel the youngest who has managed to find Edward Tilney. The book begins at their wedding and the speculation that Janet was to have been the one who Edward married. The wedding scenes are wonderfully written - gentle, humourous. Janet then goes off to find herself a husband and although this is early in the 1920's and men are scarce she succeeds well finding Rodney Meggatt almost immediately and marrying soon after. However there are complications - Rodney's uncle (for whom Rodney is the heir) once had an affair with Edward's mother, Lady Elfrida. The complication of manners and what is right must be gone through in excruciating detail. In the meantime there is the presence of precocious social climber, 15 year old Theodora.

The second part brings us back to the story ten years later and the relative happiness and contentness of the two familys - the Tilneys and the Meggatts - and the problem when Edward finally realises that his mother, Lady Elfrida, and Rodney's uncle Considine meet again. Having to face up to his own demons which are finally revealed in the third part of the book.

I find Bowen a really nice to read although at times somewhat obscure. There is quite an Austen-esque style about her writing at times and she is lightly comic. However I did find it hard to relate to the characters who seem so far removed from my reality. Making such a fuss about one's mother meeting the man she had an affair with years ago and so on. There was a great deal of lack of emotion at what should have been passionate, emotional moments too.

Its a short little book, but a nice read on a wet afternoon.

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