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Resumen de Eva
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For readers who love Victorian fiction, moorland settings and tales of love and family secrets, with the brooding atmosphere of a gothic romance.
De qué trata este libro
Eve is a novel by Sabine Baring-Gould, the English clergyman, scholar and writer who spent much of his life in Devon. He wrote in the late Victorian age, when stories of wild places, hidden family histories and strong feeling found many readers. This book belongs to that tradition and takes the moorland of the West Country as its setting.
The book points to Dartmoor, a high and lonely country of granite tors, bogs, mist and old stone circles. Baring-Gould knew this land well and wrote about its people and customs again and again. If you open this book, you meet a place that shapes the lives of those who live in it. First, let us look at the moor itself.
En este resumen
- 1The moor is a character in itselfFree
- 2Love meets the limits of rank and place
- 3Secrets hang over families and farms
- 4Freedom has a price
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The moor is a character in itself
Dartmoor stands at the center of Baring-Gould's fiction. It is a high plateau in Devon, marked by granite outcrops, wide empty slopes and sudden weather. Fog can fall in minutes, and the bogs can swallow a careless walker.
Writers of the period used such places to give a story its mood. The land presses on the people in it, and it limits what they can do. A reader should expect careful description of hills, streams and skies.
Baring-Gould lived in Devon and walked its countryside for decades. He collected folk songs and local lore from farm workers and villagers. That closeness gives his landscapes a lived quality rather than a borrowed one.
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Questions about Eva
Who wrote Eve?
Eve was written by Sabine Baring-Gould, an English priest, scholar and novelist from Devon. He wrote many novels set in the West Country, as well as books on folklore, history and religion.
Where is Eve set?
The book is set on Dartmoor in Devon, a wild upland of granite tors, bogs and mist. Baring-Gould lived nearby and used the area often in his fiction.
What is a gothic romance?
A gothic romance mixes love story with mystery, dark secrets and a brooding setting. Old wrongs, lonely places and a mood of unease are common features.
Is Eve hard to read?
No. The story is easy to start because it follows a young woman whose wishes are tested by family, neighbors and the pressures around her. The moor is described so vividly that you can picture every hill, stream and sky.
What else did Baring-Gould write?
He wrote many novels, a large collection of English folk songs, books on the lives of saints and a book on werewolves. He also wrote the hymn Onward, Christian Soldiers.