Saturday, March 12, 2011

"The Horse Dealer's Daughter" by D. H. Lawrence (p. 471)

Mabel - short, sullen-looking, 27, not so good-looking, the servant of the house, felt established from having money, brutally proud, no friends, lived in the memory of her mother, went to church regularly, mindless, persistent, lonely, fearful, suicidal until she was saved by Joseph, whom to which she became betrothed
Joe - carefree, chews tobacco, the oldest, 33, broad and handsome, his face was red, black hair, thick, his eyes shallow and restless, brown eyes, curious, sarcastic
Fred Henry - the second brother, erect, clean-limbed, alert, cold-blooded, brown hair, well-tempered, blue eyes
Malcolm - the youngest brother, 22, the baby of the family, jaunty nose
Lucy - the other sister, doesn't live close by to the rest of the family
Jack Fergusson - young with a slight Scotch accent, doctor, slave to the countryside, works a lot, undetermined, fearful, also lonely, weak, a hero for saving Mabel, a bit too proud, thought himself to be too good for Mabel but ended up loving her anyway
Joseph Parvin - the father of the family, uneducated, fairly large horse dealer, married twice, died and left his children in debt

2 comments:

  1. I thought the same thing about Mabel. She was proud of who she was but her brothers treated her like a servant. They did not listen to or acknowledge her. She was unappreiated. She knew they were going to lose everything because of her father leaving them in such debt. I think she may have contemplated sucide until she met Dr. Joseph Fergussion. She knew he had a good job and could support her. The Dr. didn't want to love her but he ended up revealing his true feelings for her.

    I think Joe knew he was getting married and his father-in-law to be had a job waiting for him. So he was not really worried.

    Fred Henry was confident in himself and probably knew he could survive on his own.

    Malcom, the youngest, was to young to really worry about his future.

    I think Mabel deserved to be happy after all she endured taking care of her brothers.

    I enjoyed the story.

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  2. Yes, I am crazy. The Dr. is Jack Fergussion not Joseph he was their father. I don't know how to edit my comments. Sorry

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