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Nothing like a Victorian sensation novel to make you thank the lord for feminism. Fully 95% of the problems in this book would have been solved if Isabel, upon being orphaned, had "get job open bank account rent cute apartment adopt cat and casually date all these men in love with her without legal consequence should one of them suck until she falls in love" as an option!

Some of this is due to the inherent distance of translation, but it's interesting how the matter-of-fact tone hides so much turmoil. And yet there's a dreamy quality brought by the way the POVs and the points in time drift back and forth.