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The bond
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432 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1908
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Neith Boyce
36 books6 followersNeith Boyce Hapgood (March 21, 1872 - Franklin, Indiana – December 2, 1951 - Richmond, New Hampshire) was a United States novelist and playwright. She married Hutchins Hapgood on June 22, 1899. Together with Susan Glaspell, George Cram Cook, and others, they founded the Provincetown Players.
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March 12, 2016
The Bond by Neith Boyce was published in 1908 and tells the story of a marriage between a painter and a sculptor. Basil and Teresa are attempting to create a modern marriage of equality of partners where what is good for the man is also good for the woman.
The novel charts their struggles with reality versus ideals — where freedom to see other women and men is acceptable. In the beginning they attempt to tell each other everything. But Basil's affair with one his models forces Teresa to question their marriage. Teresa leaves their home New York to visit her sister in Switzerland. She considers having an affair but does not. Her husband cannot handle the thought of her with another man. What is good for the gander is not good for the goose.
Neith Boyce, who was married to Hutchins Hapgood, lived a life like Teresa. Her husband was a journalist and she, a novelist. She published 4 novels in the first decade of the 20th century. She also wrote short stories, poetry and plays. Though she wrote for most of her life, Boyce was pushed aside and forgotten by the 1930s. She was rediscovered in the 1970s but still remains fairly unknown. Her style of writing reminded me of Kate Chopin who was a novelist of the 19th century.
Every generation tends to believe that they discovered rebellion and that they are different than their parents generation. Yet, every generation struggles to understand the relationships between men and women. Every generation believes that they are different. Yet, in the end, we are all the same on an emotional level. We are not as free as we imagine. We cannot escape who we are.
The novel charts their struggles with reality versus ideals — where freedom to see other women and men is acceptable. In the beginning they attempt to tell each other everything. But Basil's affair with one his models forces Teresa to question their marriage. Teresa leaves their home New York to visit her sister in Switzerland. She considers having an affair but does not. Her husband cannot handle the thought of her with another man. What is good for the gander is not good for the goose.
Neith Boyce, who was married to Hutchins Hapgood, lived a life like Teresa. Her husband was a journalist and she, a novelist. She published 4 novels in the first decade of the 20th century. She also wrote short stories, poetry and plays. Though she wrote for most of her life, Boyce was pushed aside and forgotten by the 1930s. She was rediscovered in the 1970s but still remains fairly unknown. Her style of writing reminded me of Kate Chopin who was a novelist of the 19th century.
Every generation tends to believe that they discovered rebellion and that they are different than their parents generation. Yet, every generation struggles to understand the relationships between men and women. Every generation believes that they are different. Yet, in the end, we are all the same on an emotional level. We are not as free as we imagine. We cannot escape who we are.
July 16, 2018
It was very hard for me to give this book a rating. It was well written and the characters were well done but I didn't like this book. It made me feel impatient with the people in it. The main characters were from a certain class in New York City in the early part of the 20th century. They weren't part of the extremely wealthy class but were, for the most part, quite well off and people with a great deal of leisure time. The two main characters, married to each other, are artists - not in a big important way but making money from their art. They also have inherited money - the husband more than the wife. And they seem determined to be unhappy, misunderstand each other and punish each other for perceived offenses. And they look down on people from lower classes and think of them as brutes without any finer feelings or understanding. They reminded me a great deal of the people in certain French movies - they may have jobs but often seem not to ever work at them, have infinite time free time and are unhappy with their lives for no apparent reason. It took me longer to read this book than it should have. I kept having to put it down because I would be so impatient or disgusted with the situations they put themselves into.
May 24, 2020
In THE BOND by Neith Boyce, published in 1908 and now a free download, young, married Basil and Teresa are a sculptor and a painter. The book is a fictionalized telling of the real life relationship between author Boyce and her husband journalist Hutchins Hapgood. Together they sought to be equals in art and marriage, including sexual desire, allowing each other to pursue other sexual relationships so long as they loved, respected, and remained honest to each other. THE BOND, based on that relationship, goes to great length to tell of their thoughts, conversations, lovers, parenthood, and much else. It is filled with descriptions, motivations, conversations, and thoughts, but for those interested, no actual sexual portrayals. The work is obviously well written and one can admire the details disclosed, but I can't really say I enjoyed it.
January 21, 2019
The story of two young people trying to adjust to marriage and parenthood.
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February 26, 2016Free download available at InternetArchive.
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August 27, 2021DNF this novel about a marriage, and the bond between the husband and wife. Always figured that I would get back to it, but probably not.
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