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I don't get why the translator chose to change the name of the main heroine to "Flora" instead of keeping the original "Fennimor[e]" (from Old French 𝘧𝘪𝘯 "fine, splendid" + 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳 "love"). The original name is much more evocative.
In any case, this fine and splendid romance was an enjoyable first read of the year.
ST. ROCHE: A ROMANCE by #HenriettePaalzow tr. by James Justinian Morier.
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"Miserable man!...the wretched sport of every wind!"
(Aren't we all?) A reference to the Count de Crécy, who has made a mess of his own life and that of two women in Vol. II of Henriette Paalzow's intricately plotted and so far doom-laden but page-turning romance. As it turns out, an unwitting and welcome distraction from a somber start to my new year.
#AmReading ST. ROCHE: A ROMANCE (1847) by #HenriettePaalzow tr. by James Justinian Morier.
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Working the Xmas Eve shift at the bookshop today. There's less last-minute panic-buying prezzies than I thought. Customer just asked me to recommend something "uplifting". Bombed out badly. Now if they'd asked for something "cheerless" I would have recommended NIELS LYHNE by #JPJacobsen. No spoilers but it ended on a devastating note & the last line left me feeling gloomy as hell.
Something lighter next up: ST. ROCHE: A ROMANCE by German novelist #HenriettePaalzow tr. by James Justinian Morier.