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Charlotte Dacre Zofloya or The Moor
This book was recommended to me by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sahra_patroness because she heard I was into Gothic literature. She suggested this one as it has a strong female character, rather than a weak fainting heroine as often found in Mrs. Radcliffe's works. (Which granted I also need to read!) But I decided I had to read it. The story did have a bit of a strange plot arc, as is often the case in older novels. "The Moor" didn't show up till about a third of the way through but had one of the most dramatic entrances of a character ever. The dream of the heroine when he firsts arrives was by far my favourite part of the book. It was interesting to see how quickly she fell from enjoying sex to wanting to commit murder to have her way. When reading the book I was rather disappointed that she didn't actually have a physical relationship with the Moor. It was obvious he was after her body and soul, but only ended up with the soul.
The author took an interesting stance towards human wickedness. The girl, having no role model, was weakened against attack and was therefore easily led astray, though it did take the efforts of the devil himself to truly corrupt her.
The plot did start to drag towards the end a little, as the poisoning dragged on a bit, but it was such a fast and enjoyable read that it didn't matter much. I'd definitely recommend it to other people who are into this type of fiction.
sahra_patroness because she heard I was into Gothic literature. She suggested this one as it has a strong female character, rather than a weak fainting heroine as often found in Mrs. Radcliffe's works. (Which granted I also need to read!) But I decided I had to read it. The story did have a bit of a strange plot arc, as is often the case in older novels. "The Moor" didn't show up till about a third of the way through but had one of the most dramatic entrances of a character ever. The dream of the heroine when he firsts arrives was by far my favourite part of the book. It was interesting to see how quickly she fell from enjoying sex to wanting to commit murder to have her way. When reading the book I was rather disappointed that she didn't actually have a physical relationship with the Moor. It was obvious he was after her body and soul, but only ended up with the soul. The author took an interesting stance towards human wickedness. The girl, having no role model, was weakened against attack and was therefore easily led astray, though it did take the efforts of the devil himself to truly corrupt her.
The plot did start to drag towards the end a little, as the poisoning dragged on a bit, but it was such a fast and enjoyable read that it didn't matter much. I'd definitely recommend it to other people who are into this type of fiction.