Beatrice H Rider Haggard Holybook 9781519734747 Books
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Beatrice is a 1890 novel by the British writer H. Rider Haggard.[1] The author later called it "one of the best bits of work I ever did.
Beatrice H Rider Haggard Holybook 9781519734747 Books
“Beatrice” is a romance narrated in third person and is contemporary to the time of its publication in 1890. Events are set primarily in Bryngelly, a small costal village in Wales. According to a very brief entry in Wikipedia, Rider Haggard described “Beatrice” as “one of the best bits of work I ever did.” I do not share the author’s opinion. My primary criticism is of the narrator’s frequent pontification and belaboring of his own thoughts, opinions and fancies which, in my opinion, would be better not shared with the reader. When developing the characters, relating their speech, describing their surroundings and the events in which they are caught up, the narrator does a good job, similar to Haggard’s other novels. However, much too often for my taste the narrator expounds his own thoughts about what the characters and situations tell of the human condition.Beatrice Granger is in her mid-twenties and is the younger daughter of the Vicar of Bryngelly; she is beautiful, intelligent, lonely, and skeptical of religion. Geoffrey Bingham is a less than successful Barrister, in his mid-thirties. After studying law, he did not initially enter practice; but he has great potential that is recognized and encouraged by Beatrice. Parson Granger, Beatrice’s father is more interested in farming than in preaching and is even more interested in collecting tithes that are owed to him. Elizabeth Granger, Beatrice’s slightly older sister is practical, capable but scheming. Lady Honoria Bingham is Geoffrey’s wife, born into title and wealth, but now enduring hard financial times with faint grace. Owen Davies, a former merchant seaman, has through a stroke of fortune and inheritance law become the absolute owner of Bryngelly and Bryngelly Castle; he also owns one of the largest and most prosperous slate quarries in Wales and becomes obsessed with the desire to have Beatrice as his wife. The plot is generally interesting and seems somewhat apart from most Rider Haggard novels. There are no exotic locations or fantastic elements. I enjoy the author’s writing style, but in this instance I feel that he would have produced a better book if he had eliminated a lot of the narrator’s thoughts and opinions and simply stuck to the story. There was one sentence that I highlighted to include in this review. Beatrice is considering whether she believes there is continuance of anything spiritual after death. I do not know whether the thought is original with Haggard, but to me it is an appealing thought: “What, could the body live on in a thousand forms, changed indeed but indestructible and immortal, while the spiritual part, with all its hopes and lives and fears, melted into nothingness? It could not be.”
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Beatrice H Rider Haggard Holybook 9781519734747 Books Reviews
I don't recommend this book at all!! I was deeply disappointed in all the weakness, grief, horror, sorrow, & tragedy! It also has a deeply tragic ending! There's absolutely nothing in this book that's encouraging!! (
"Beatrice" was first published in 1890, and was H. Rider Haggard's 10th novel, out of 58 titles. Unlike so many of his other books, "Beatrice" is one that features almost no action scenes whatsoever; no lost races, no adventure, no battles, no supernatural elements. What it IS, is a beautifully written romance novel; indeed, is is one of Haggard's most emotional works. It tells the story of the ill-fated love affair between Beatrice Granger, an unmarried Welsh school teacher, and Geoffrey Bingham, an unhappily married barrister who lives in London. This all starts after Beatrice saves Geoffrey's life in a canoeing accident during a tremendous storm (in the book's only true action set piece), and the two become interested in one another. Trouble awaits, in the form of Bingham's wife Honoria (who's only interested in money and social climbing), Owen Davies (one of the richest men in Wales, who is morbidly obsessed with marrying Beatrice), and Elizabeth (Beatrice's older sister, who will do just about anything to marry Davies herself). So where in other books we might encounter a three-way love triangle, here we have what might be called a love...pentagon?
I said before that this book contains no supernatural elements, but this is not quite true. Beatrice and Geoffrey do seem to have some kind of psychic link with one another, so that at times they can sense each other's thoughts and feelings, even when separated. Haggard's recurring theme of eternal love--of a love that survives beyond the grave--is very much in evidence in "Beatrice." This is a theme that was given play in his very first novel, "Dawn"; was much stressed in the four "She" novels; and appears in so many of his other works. Another theme that "Beatrice" seems to stress is the undesirability of the Victorian marriage state. Apparently, back in the late 19th century, divorce was seen to be a scandalous option, even for the most unhappily married couples. Haggard here shows us one such couple, and the problems that arise when this unfortunate union continues. Strangely, the author seems to have no sympathy for the problems that afflict Beatrice and Geoffrey as their romance continues. He even says so, in so many words. One must read between the lines to realize that Haggard does indeed feel for these poor unfortunates.
Of all the Haggard novels that I have read (two dozen or so), this one seemed to me the most dated. It is hard to believe that so much scandal could attach to a couple because of a love affair. But hold on a moment! Didn't our 42nd president get himself into major "mishegas" as a result of his dalliance with an unmarried woman? Indeed, wouldn't a single school teacher in a small town TODAY find herself embarrassed if her affair with a married man of prominence were to come to light? Perhaps things haven't changed so much after all! (Although it is doubtful that a scandalized woman of today would go to the extremes that Beatrice goes to to put matters right!)
"Beatrice," then, is NOT a novel for those looking for an action and adventure spectacle. But for those wishing a deliciously written novel with characters you can really care for, this might be just the ticket. At one point in this tale, Geoffrey thinks about sitting down one night with a good novel, and Haggard tells us that Bingham was "not above this frivolous occupation." Reading Haggard's "Beatrice," however, does not strike me as a "frivolous occupation." It is a serious-minded novel that the author obviously felt deeply about, and one that I do recommend highly.
I ordered this for a friends kindle. She must have liked it as she is an avid reader and I've not heard otherwise. There are many kindle free editions of books and its nice, in this economy, to have access to reading material that is free. Thanks, , for this service..
Welsh Romance? I am reading to relax at night, so for that it was ok. Don't think it will be high literature. There was the requisite suspense. The romance was a little awkward. The characters were all a little one dimensional, I thought. Beatrice was constantly being touted as such a paragon, but she made such dumb choices, but then every one of the characters did. Everyone was very flawed and the ending kind of a let down, where their flaws caught up with all of them.
“Beatrice” is a romance narrated in third person and is contemporary to the time of its publication in 1890. Events are set primarily in Bryngelly, a small costal village in Wales. According to a very brief entry in Wikipedia, Rider Haggard described “Beatrice” as “one of the best bits of work I ever did.” I do not share the author’s opinion. My primary criticism is of the narrator’s frequent pontification and belaboring of his own thoughts, opinions and fancies which, in my opinion, would be better not shared with the reader. When developing the characters, relating their speech, describing their surroundings and the events in which they are caught up, the narrator does a good job, similar to Haggard’s other novels. However, much too often for my taste the narrator expounds his own thoughts about what the characters and situations tell of the human condition.
Beatrice Granger is in her mid-twenties and is the younger daughter of the Vicar of Bryngelly; she is beautiful, intelligent, lonely, and skeptical of religion. Geoffrey Bingham is a less than successful Barrister, in his mid-thirties. After studying law, he did not initially enter practice; but he has great potential that is recognized and encouraged by Beatrice. Parson Granger, Beatrice’s father is more interested in farming than in preaching and is even more interested in collecting tithes that are owed to him. Elizabeth Granger, Beatrice’s slightly older sister is practical, capable but scheming. Lady Honoria Bingham is Geoffrey’s wife, born into title and wealth, but now enduring hard financial times with faint grace. Owen Davies, a former merchant seaman, has through a stroke of fortune and inheritance law become the absolute owner of Bryngelly and Bryngelly Castle; he also owns one of the largest and most prosperous slate quarries in Wales and becomes obsessed with the desire to have Beatrice as his wife. The plot is generally interesting and seems somewhat apart from most Rider Haggard novels. There are no exotic locations or fantastic elements. I enjoy the author’s writing style, but in this instance I feel that he would have produced a better book if he had eliminated a lot of the narrator’s thoughts and opinions and simply stuck to the story. There was one sentence that I highlighted to include in this review. Beatrice is considering whether she believes there is continuance of anything spiritual after death. I do not know whether the thought is original with Haggard, but to me it is an appealing thought “What, could the body live on in a thousand forms, changed indeed but indestructible and immortal, while the spiritual part, with all its hopes and lives and fears, melted into nothingness? It could not be.”
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