Jenny's Reviews > Amelia

I did not read this (extremely sketchy-looking) version, but goodreads doesn't have the Broadview edition, so whatever.

Oh man, this book. The female characters thing tripped me up again because the impossibly good titular character (a patient Griselda for a new era!) is married to a total deadbeat who cheats on her within the first 30 pages. I hated him with an impressive intensity, and he is the hero of the book, so that caused me some problems. Amelia is a masochist who stays with her stupid husband for some inexplicable reason, and the one assertive, educated woman in the book is an object of derision. I thought you were awesome, Mrs. Atkinson! Also, suck it, Henry Fielding. You're just jealous that your sister was good at languages.