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Moths A Novel Ouida 9781294260776 Books
This is my first Ouida novel, and I could hardly put it down. It wasn't the predictable plot that grabbed me, and I'm not crazy about romances. But the writing is so superb, the characterizations so vivid, the dialogue so believable, and the expository passages so well crafted that I couldn't put it down. I especially liked the slow, confident pace of the story, which may drive less patient readers away. Ouida was in no hurry, and I'm glad.As with other great novelists (I'm thinking of Tolstoy especially) she has sympathy even for her most reprehensible characters. Supposedly, she wrote her novels in bed. It was hard to credit that image as I became engrossed in the details of the scenes she creates. If she wrote in bed, she must have laid there half the day.
I always love being surprised. I had formed an opinion of Ouida based on her absence in Eng Lit courses; I thought she wasn't worth reading. I hereby confess what an idiot I was to think that. She is masterful; she is honest; she is open eyed. I put her right up there with the greats (although I am admittedly basing this on only one novel. My next will be Against All Flags)
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Moths A Novel Ouida 9781294260776 Books Reviews
The title "Moths" is allegorical for Society's women, who either spend their lives munching on ermine and gravitating to flames of corruption, or, as so rarely happens that it's notable when it does, rising to the stars in innocence and purity.
Vere grew up with her grandmother in the wholesome English air. But when she reached the age of 16, she was sent to the Riviera to live with her mother, Lady Dolly, a well liked but ammoral dame of Society. Having Vere under her roof is a thorn in Dolly's side, making her feel old; and Vere's solemn eyes and disapproving demeanor cramp Dolly's spontaneous frivolity. So on the advice of her shallow friends, Lady Dolly decides to get Vere wedded as soon as possible.
She, in effect, sells Vere off in marriage to the highest bidder; a cruel, selfish, loose-living but immensely rich Russian Count. In his depravity, he attempts to singe "The Moth" into becoming like all other society women. Vere stays true to her principles and to her innocence's true love, a famous opera singer by the name of Correze.
This novel is a real indictment on Society and Society's marriages which were often little more than a matching of names and titles but had no love, respect or honor. Both husbands and wives freely embarked in flirtations and "discreet" affairs while whittling away their time, money and usefulness with travel, castle hopping, gambling and more dress changes than a one-man theatre production.
As is usual with Ouida, the writing is impeccable and rich, but very wordy and at times repetitious. She sometimes bends to the weakness of thinking for her readers even when the meaning is indisputable. I found this a bit frustrating. Also, we are made to wait until the last gasping breath for a whiff of a "happy ever after" and for me it was a case of "too little too late".
Bottom line Not one I would reread any time soon but still a finely crafted novel
CONTENT
SEX None shown, frequent talk of mistresses
VIOLENCE Very mild
PROFANITY Very mild
MY RATING PG (for thematic elements)
This is my first Ouida novel, and I could hardly put it down. It wasn't the predictable plot that grabbed me, and I'm not crazy about romances. But the writing is so superb, the characterizations so vivid, the dialogue so believable, and the expository passages so well crafted that I couldn't put it down. I especially liked the slow, confident pace of the story, which may drive less patient readers away. Ouida was in no hurry, and I'm glad.
As with other great novelists (I'm thinking of Tolstoy especially) she has sympathy even for her most reprehensible characters. Supposedly, she wrote her novels in bed. It was hard to credit that image as I became engrossed in the details of the scenes she creates. If she wrote in bed, she must have laid there half the day.
I always love being surprised. I had formed an opinion of Ouida based on her absence in Eng Lit courses; I thought she wasn't worth reading. I hereby confess what an idiot I was to think that. She is masterful; she is honest; she is open eyed. I put her right up there with the greats (although I am admittedly basing this on only one novel. My next will be Against All Flags)
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