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Who would suspect her sense of fun and irony, of a passionate love for beauty and the power to drag it from its hidden places?' For twenty years Hannah Mole, a farmer's daughter, has earned her living as a nursery governess or companion to a succession of difficult elderly women. Now aged forty, a thin shabby figure, she returns to… (plus d'informations)
Confessional: In the beginning, I didn't care for Hannah Mole. In the beginning I was questioning myself, was I supposed to like Hannah Mole? Possibly not, since this was included in the More Book Lust chapter called "Viragos." After finishing the book and with careful consideration, I think I am supposed to see Hannah as an independent, plucky, middle aged woman who barges through life with integrity, wit and humor. She had a prejudice against nonconformist ministers, tells small lies (don't we all?), and keeps secrets. The more Miss Mole's personality blossomed, the more I admired her. Plucky! As my grandmother used to say. ( )
Miss Hannah Mole is a single woman of a certain age who earns her living as a housekeeper, companion or governess. But this isn't the usual story of such a person. Miss Mole is witty, outspoken, with a unique sense of fashion. It becomes obvious that there is more to tell about Hannah's life. Is it her sense of fun that leads us astray? There is definitely a secret. Little by little, crumbs of information are revealed but Young keeps the reader - and her characters - guessing to the final pages.
I thoroughly enjoyed this Virago Modern Classic and will be on the lookout for more by E.H. Young who had an interesting life herself. ( )
"She was grateful to Fortune who, in making her a servant, had remembered to give her freedom and happiness in herself.", 15 April 2016
This review is from: MISS MOLE (Timeless Wisdom Collection Book 1576) (Kindle Edition) Verified Purchase(What is this?)
Miss Hannah Mole is a spinster nearing forty who earns her living as a companion/ housekeeper. But while some might become quashed and depressed in such circumstances, the outspoken and humourous Miss Mole's personality shines through on every page: "In nearly twenty years of earning her living...she had lost all illusions except those she created for herself, but these appeared at her command and stirred by her late adventure, she was ready to find another in the approach of each person she met." Whether it's savouring the beauties of the world around her or teasing her stuck-up cousin Lilla, she finds delights and interest in her rather mundane life. The novel follows her new situation working for the family of a pompous widowed minister. And then it seems a past love might be catching up on her... Quite a densely written book, but an extremely memorable one. ( )
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The voice of her new friend, bidding her good night, followed Miss Hannah Mole as she went down the garden path, and the laurel bushes, as she brushed by them, repeated in a whisper, yet with a strange assurance, the persuasive invitation of Mrs. Gibson to come back soon.
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Something alive seemed to turn in her breast. It was the demon of mischief who lay there; he was stretching himself in lazy preparation for action and, if she was not careful, he would presently express himself in speech. Perhaps, she thought, a little, a very little, liberty would be good for him.
It isn't the young people who go to [Literary Meetings]. It's the old girls, like myself, who have nothing else to do. I've seen them sitting on the hard benches, half asleep, like fowls gone to roost.
In the hall the gas was protected by a lantern of red and blue glass, and when she entered the dining-room, a rusty fern was there, under a three-armed chandelier. One of these arms was fitted for incandescent gas which bubbled inside a frosted globe; the others were neglected and stood out gauntly like withered branches on a tree, but the room was further illuminated -- though it still seemed rather dark -- by an ordinary gas jet on eachside of the fireplace, and these flames gently hissed in their globes of pink and white. ... She wanted to stop the gas from bubbling like a turkey and hissing like a pair of geese.
Wilfrid protested, "I was only letting Miss Mole know that this is a cultured household ... We have Familiar Quotations on our bookshelves and they save a deal of trouble and hard work." "If you're hinting that Father hasn't read as much as you have --" ... "All the same, I'll bet you he hasn't. I don't blame him. He's a busy man. He's the kind of man Familiar Quotations was made for, and he'd be a fool if he didn't take advantage of it."
It was comforting to know that God and she understood each other, she told herself, with a cynical smile for her presumption, and it was strange to think that Mr. Pilgrim was probably as sure of God's nature as she was, and, like her, made it fit his prejudices; strange that a God who had as many characters as the men and women who sought Him in times of trouble and forgot Him in their happiness, should yet have the power to give peace to bewildered spirits; strange, too, that the dreary dining-room felt like a home.
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'Oh--my poor heart!' Mr. Blenkinsop exclaimed in a broken voice, and stopped and stooped to kiss her.
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