“I didn't care too much for Fritz or Sophie but right off, I got attached most to Sidonie for her perceptibility. And the Bernhard I associated with for his way of seeing the world, as one of the younger one in a large family, as it really was, unjust. I came to like the Mandelsloh in her exchange with Erasmus in chapter 52 when she says about her sister's pain: "I would bear it for her if I could. People say that and hardly mean it. I, however, do mean it. But time given to wishing for what can't be is not only spent but wasted, and for all that we waste, we shall be accountable." To what Erasmus replies : "The years have taught you philosophy, " not knowing that she is the same age as he... Ch. 52 is most touching. One of its great quote about Erasmus choosing to accompanies his brother's betrothed and her sister back home after a long stay away: His real motive was one of the strongest known to humanity, the need to torment himself.”
elisa wrote this review Sunday, January 8, 2012.
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