Esther Waters

Esther never gives up; Never backs down. I like that in a heroine.......more

I enjoyed this one, but it's not my favourite George Moore. While it very interestingly examines a lot of important themes, I found the pacing a bit odd and the ending a little disappointing. There's also a lot about horseracing in this book - maybe too much!......more

Ester Waters is the story of a poor young servant girl in a naturalist style influenced by Emile Zola. Like most such novels the story could be unfairly summarised in but a few sentences and could be labelled `boring', especially if you can tick the usual boxes of `someone dying of consumption' (usu......more

I'm amazed to be happy to give such a high rating to a story of an unlucky girl who has a baby outside marriage written by a Victorian man, but while I read this a few years ago, I did think that George Moore's handling of the subject was warm and sensitive. Given Victorian delicacies regarding sexu......more

I really really liked this! I love reading Victorian book that look at fallen women - their destitution, their shame, their life, etc. Every Victorian author has something different say on the matter, and I really liked Moore’s sympathetic portrayal of the figure. Esther was such a lovely character......more