Белинда

1880‑e gody. Molodaya anglychanka Belynda Cherchyll provodyt vremya v Drezdene vmeste s babushkoy y svoey legkomyslennoy sestroy Saroy. Vyktoryanskaya epokha, atmosfera starogo Drezdena, zhyzn anglyyskoy arystokratyy za granytsey — vsyo eto okruzhaet geroynyu v eyo puteshestvyy. Edynstvennoe, chto omrachaet ykh bezzabotnyy otdykh, — eto zhenykh Sary (sedmoy po schyotu), professor Fort, pozhyloy y do uzhasa skuchnyy pedant. Tam Belynda znakomytsya s molodym chelovekom Devydom Ryversom. Mezhdu nymy vspykhyvaet vzaymnoe chuvstvo, odnako Belynda, stesnytelnaya y nesposobnaya otkryto vyrazhat emotsyy, proyzvodyt na Devyda vpechatlenye kholodnoy y neprystupnoy devushky. Lyubovnyy treugolnyk, vyktoryanskye nravy y ogranychenyya dobavlyayut dramatyzma v ykh otnoshenyya. Kogda Devyda srochno vyzyvayut v Anglyyu, on otpravlyaet Belynde lysh korotkoe y sukhoe pysmo. Obezumevshaya ot gorya y neopredelyonnosty Belynda reshaet, chto lyubov — ne dlya neyo, y v poryve otchayanyya sovershaet rokovuyu oshybku…Eta knyga — ydealnyy vybor dlya poklonnykov vyktoryanskoy prozy, ystorycheskykh romanov o XIX veke, klassycheskykh zhenskykh romanov y lyubovnykh dram. Ona budet ynteresna tem, kto lyubyt ystoryy o slozhnom vybore mezhdu dolgom y chuvstvom, a takzhe tsenyt tonkyy anglyyskyy yumor. Anglyyskaya pysatelnytsa Roda Brouton (1840–1920) obozhala proyzvedenyya Uylyama Shekspyra — v eyo proyzvedenyyakh chasto vstrechayutsya ego tsytaty y allyuzyy na syuzhety ego pes. Otsylky k Shekspyru v vyktoryanskoy lyterature sozdayut dopolnytelnyy sloy vospryyatyya. Yz‑za otkrovennykh opysanyy zhenskoy seksualnosty publychnye byblyoteky dolgoe vremya otkazyvalys prynymat romany pysatelnytsy, khotya ony polzovalys populyarnostyu sredy shyrokogo kruga chytateley. Skandalnye romany XIX veka, zapreshchyonnye knygy vyktoryanskoy epokhy — tak chasto kharakteryzovaly eyo proyzvedenyya sovremennyky.

The 1880s. Young Englishwoman Belinda Churchill spends time in Dresden with her grandmother and her frivolous sister Sarah. The Victorian era, the atmosphere of old Dresden, the life of the English aristocracy abroad — all this surrounds the heroine on her journey. The only thing that overshadows their carefree vacation is Sarah's fiance (seventh in a row), Professor Fort, an elderly and terribly boring pedant. There, Belinda meets a young man, David Rivers. A mutual feeling breaks out between them, but Belinda, shy and unable to openly express emotions, gives David the impression of a cold and unapproachable girl. A love triangle, Victorian mores and restrictions add drama to their relationship. When David is urgently called to England, he sends Belinda only a short and dry letter. Distraught with grief and uncertainty, Belinda decides that love is not for her, and in a fit of desperation makes a fatal mistake.…This book is the perfect choice for fans of Victorian prose, historical novels about the 19th century, classic women's novels and love dramas. It will be interesting for those who like stories about the difficult choice between duty and feeling, as well as appreciate the subtle English humor. The English writer Rhoda Broughton (1840-1920) adored the works of William Shakespeare — her works often contain his quotations and allusions to the plots of his plays. References to Shakespeare in Victorian literature create an additional layer of perception. Because of the explicit descriptions of female sexuality, public libraries for a long time refused to accept the writer's novels, although they were popular with a wide range of readers. Scandalous novels of the 19th century, banned books of the Victorian era — this was how her contemporaries often characterized her works.