Ann Veronica (Penguin Classics)
by H.G. Wells
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Author: H.G. WellsEditor: Sita Schutt
Introduction: Margaret Drabble
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-12-27
ISBN: 0141441097
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: "Why can't they be like we were perfect in every way?"
Summary: 3 Stars
"What's the matter with kids today?"
Ann Veronica "Vee" asks the question "why can't a woman be like a man" and sets out to find out why. She discovers all sorts of men, some stuffy and some devious. She may one day stumble over the perfect man. She tries to be independent and is thwarted at every turn; that is until she realizes there are better things to do than just compete.
We get to grow with Vee and go through several long dissertations, Ayn Rand style, over politics freedom, love, equality, and whatnot. All the talk loses its way and with dumb luck returns to the story. We are treated to a travelogue and scratch ourselves with a long talk about the prison dingies. Just as it, starts to get interest the story stops dead in the middle of a thought.
The story is ok and some of the subjects brought up are still relevant today. However, if you look a little closer the story as with much fiction is just a venue to express H.G's concepts of free love.
You can read the details behind H.G. philosophy in his writings "First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life"
First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life (Dodo Press)
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