The SemiAttached Couple, Emily Eden
The SemiAttached Couple, Emily Eden
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The Semi-Attached Couple

Author: Emily Eden

Narrator: Peter Joyce

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/12/2006

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Emily Eden was the daughter of the 1st Baron Auckland, a close confidant of Pitt. She was thus well placed to observe the manners and mores of nineteenth century aristocracy. A huge admirer of Jane Austen, her works reflect this in their perception, tongue in cheek humour and benevolence toward the victims of her pen. The Semi Attached Couple is a revealing insight of attitudes and customs within marriage. Miss Eden asks, among other questions, what happens to a man, immediately after marriage, who believes his wife dislikes him? This set in a context in which people "may all hate, all envy, all rival each other; they may say everything that is ill-natured and do everything that is mischievous but the general effect, as painters would call it, must be harmony."

Reviews

Goodreads review by JimZ on November 02, 2022

It was for the most part an enjoyable read. Somewhat predictable. Young woman, Helen, marries at an early age somebody she barely knows (Lord Tiviot) because that’s the way marriage proposals and engagements went back in the Victorian era. And the man was brought up without a mother and so lacks com......more

Goodreads review by Katie on October 16, 2022

A really enjoyable read. I sort of wish it had been longer and spent even more time on each character, but I did overall like this a lot.......more

Goodreads review by Mela on December 07, 2016

I simply love it. I am also surprised that this piece has so low reviews. I give five stars for the joy it has given me. The narration is witty, enjoyable, delightful. Emily Eden had an observant eye. I couldn't stop thinking that she was like Jane Austen. There are descriptions of the life of the upp......more

Goodreads review by Tittirossa on January 05, 2022

Negli stati di crisi, quando non riesco a leggere niente-di-niente e tutto mi fa noia, orrore, pena, solo la divinaJane può operare il miracolo. Ho provato con questo, che la sinossi definisce austeniano, anzi arriva addirittura a dire che la fama potenziale è stata oscurata dai capolavori di Austen......more

Goodreads review by Dafne on August 21, 2024

Caduto nel dimenticatoio per molti anni, Una coppia quasi perfetta è stato recentemente riscoperto dall'editoria nostrana. La sua autrice, Emily Eden, fu una donna di nobile lignaggio che nella sua vita si è dilettata a scrivere solo due romanzi dai titoli abbastanza simili: questo qui e un altro co......more