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Catharine
by Jane Austen
Catharine é um dos primeiros e incompletos romances de Jane Austen.
Não tinha conhecimento deste livro até há uns dias atrás, e fiquei muito curiosa em relação ao mesmo. É um livro
bastante pequeno mas extremamente agradável de ler, como é habitual nos romances desta autora.
O livro conta parte da vida de uma adolescente, Catharine, que perdeu os pais quando era muito jovem, e que
passou a ser criada pela sua tia solteirona.
Como em todas as obras de Jane Austen, a personagem principal é uma mulher forte e com convicções um pouco
diferentes para a época. É uma jovem mulher culta, com uma boa educação e que vive numa sociedade onde a
etiqueta e as normais sociais são muitas e restritivas. Catharine gosta de ser livre e de se poder divertir, acabando
por vezes por se esquecer das normas pelas quais a sociedade em que vive se rege, enfurecendo a sua tia e
alguns dos outros familiares.
Quando li que era um dos incompletos romances de Jane Austen, pensei que a historia ficava interrompida sem
fazer nexo, mas tal não acontece. A história tem um final, que pode ser considerado aberto, pois termina um
episódio da vida de Catharine, fazendo com nos deixe a pensar que mais aventuras / desavenças irá Catharine
passar.
Jane Austen mais uma vez dá um foco especial à mulher, à sua educação e ao seu papel na sociedade do século
XVIII. A sua escrita é muito característica, própria da época em que viveu, e bastante agradável.
Recomendo vivamente... Mas como uma segunda obra a ler de Jane Austen.|I would give up naps for a whole
month to find out what happen to Edward the rake. And I love nap time the way only an overworked adult does. I
guess we will never know.
Both Catharine and The Watsons were started but abandoned before Sense and Sensibility was published. So I'm
going to read that next.|Very nice early writing not lacking Austen's trademark style. I wish they were finished
though.|Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey) est un roman posthume de Jane Austen assez mal-aimé par les
amateurs de cette grande romancière anglaise qui mérite plus de respect qu'on lui donne normalement.
Un grand problème est que Catherine Morland s'éloigne trop de la recette de base. Le héroine typeique d'un de
Jane Austen est dans la vingtaine sur le seuil de devenir vieille. Les héros du roman constitue sa dernière chance.
Un grand problème est que Catherine Morland s'éloigne trop de la recette de base. Le héroine typeique d'un de
Jane Austen est dans la vingtaine sur le seuil de devenir vieille. Les héros du roman constitue sa dernière chance.
La lectrice partage avec elle toutes ses craintes et tombe au désespoir quand elle semble etre sur le point de
perdre son chevalier.
La situation est différente chez Catherine Morland car l'héroine a seulement dix-sept ans. L'héros parait etre
l'homme idéale pour la rendre heureuse mais il réprésente pas sa dernière chance. En plus la seule menace qui
risque de les séparer s'envole très rapidement et très facilement. La tension dramatique à la laquelle on s'attend
d'une roman Jane Austen est donc largement absente.
Le deuxième probleme avec une héroine de dix-sept ans est sa manque de maturité. Les lectrices veulent une
femme intelligente et mature comme Elizabeth Bennet. Catherine Morland est plutot une adolscente volage
comme Anne Shirley de la maison aux pignons verts. Le but du roman est de montrer comme une jeune fille
sincére mais naive et parfois frivole devient une femme mature. Jane Austen réussit bien le pari mais ses amateurs
pour la plupart aiment vieux ses héroines qui sont plus vieilles et qui comprenent mieux les régles du jeu de leur
société.
Le troisième probleme et sa lubie de croire etre l'héroine d'un roman d'Ann Radcliffe. Bien des lectrices ont été
fortement agacé par cet aspect du roman. En tant que lecteur, je crois que c'est de la bonne guerre. A l'age de dixneuf ans, je croyais etre un héros stendhalien. Un de mes amis croyait etre l'héros d'Hemingway à trente-cinq ans.
En plus il faut souligne que les lectrices sont susceptibles aux memes fantaisies. Les femmes qui se croient ou qui
se veulent etre des héroines d'un roman Jane Austen sont légionnes. En plus on a écrit des romans et tournés des
films (Lost in Austen) sur le thème.
Catherine Morland est un excellent roman. On a droit préférrer Préjugés et Orgeils mais l'héroine et sa situation
sont bien différentes. Catherine Morland ne raconte pas l'histoire d'une dernière chance à l'amour. Il est le récit
d'une adolescente qui fait a rentrée en sociéte et qui apprend tres rapidement des lecons de la vie. Ce roman
mérite une place d'honneur dans le catalogue de Jane Austen, meme si elle a écrits des romans qui sont meilleurs.
|I love all Jane Austen novels and of course I like this one, too. I think it was written between 1787 and 1793. It`s
about this orphaned girl, Catharine, who lives with her aunt. She is all alone after her two best friend leave her.
Then one day the Stanley`s come to visit. Their daughter, Camile, is really boring and only cares about fashion and
music. She doesn`t read the same books Catharine reads.So they don`t have anything to talk about.(It`s mostly
Camile talking about her new hat. And that reminded me of the letters Jane Austen wrote to Cassandra about
decorating her hat.)
Then Camile`s brother, Edward, shows up. He seems very fond of Catharine and they go to a ball together and so
on. And then he leaves. But before that he asks his siter to tell Catharine that he loves her and that she shouldn`t
marry before he returns.
And then.......The novel ends!(I just now saw in that description that it is unfinished.)
Just like that. Don`t get me wrong the writing style was great and the characters were, too. But nothing happens.
Did Edward marry Catharine? Or was her aunt outraged and didn`t let them? So did they ran away? Or maybe
Edward`s parents forbid him to marry her! So he married another girl, but he was still in love with Catharine and
they had an affair, but Edward`s new wife found out and tried to ruin Catharine`s life. And maybe then they had to
run to India and go to Catharine`s friend. And......and that`s my imagination running wild. I should write a sequel,
because I seem to have so many ideas.
The most irritating character was Camile. She reminded me of a friend of mine. At first she hated the Dudley`s and
then they decide to have a ball and she loves them and can`t stop talking about what noble, good, kind and
generouse people they are. And then that hat from London. I don`t know why it irritated me so much. It`s just....All
the girls are gonna love my hat and they will be jealouse and they will want the same. And it will arrive just in time
for the ball. The hat. The hat. The hat. If I was in Catharine`s place I would have slapped Camile, the very least. But
Catharine and I, we are not alike. She is so quiet and obidient and I`m well me.
Now about Edward. I know Austen writes about true love, but I don`t think Edward is truly in love with Catharine. I
mean, he just met her. He might be attracted by her beauty, but in love- no. And maybe if the novel was finished
there would have been another character, a family friend or someone else Catharine knew and she would have
fallen in love with him. Just I don`t think true love is something happening that fast. Look at Eizabeth and Darcy.
They hated each other or they didn`t like each other the very least. And Emma and Mr. Knightly, well they didn`t
hate each other, but there wasn`t any "Don`t marry untill I come back!!" stuff.
I`m currently reading Sense and sensibility. And I`m going to star Love and friendship soon.(or imidiatly)