The Berkeleys And Their Neighbors - Seawell, Molly Elliot
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The Berkeleys and their neighbors examines the dissonance between appearances and reality in a world clinging to the remnants of past elegance. Through a community preoccupied with reputation and custom, the novel explores how social structures persist even as the foundation beneath them has fractured. The setting, steeped in spectacle and ceremony, highlights a longing for familiarity while underscoring the tension between what once was and what now remains. It reveals how individuals attempt to reconstruct identity within altered circumstances, where pride often masks discomfort with change.…mehr

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The Berkeleys and their neighbors examines the dissonance between appearances and reality in a world clinging to the remnants of past elegance. Through a community preoccupied with reputation and custom, the novel explores how social structures persist even as the foundation beneath them has fractured. The setting, steeped in spectacle and ceremony, highlights a longing for familiarity while underscoring the tension between what once was and what now remains. It reveals how individuals attempt to reconstruct identity within altered circumstances, where pride often masks discomfort with change. The portrayal of postwar life is not one of ruin alone, but of subtle realignments, where civility becomes a means of avoiding the deeper reckoning that history demands. Characters navigate a delicate balance between memory and adaptation, between inherited status and the truths reshaped by loss. The narrative suggests that continuity itself can become a form of denial, yet within it lies the quiet endurance of personal will. By focusing on interaction rather than confrontation, the story reveals how relationships are affected when the social fabric is no longer unquestioned.
Autorenporträt
Molly Elliot Seawell was born on October 23, 1860, in Gloucester, Virginia, and died on November 15, 1916, in Washington, D.C., at the age of 56. She came from a prominent Virginia family and was the niece of U.S. President John Tyler. Her father, John Tyler Seawell, played a formative role in her intellectual development. She was raised on a plantation and received a nontraditional education, famously being given the freedom to explore a personal library filled with the finest works of 18th-century literature. This early immersion in classical reading shaped her style and literary voice. Seawell became known for her historical and fictional works that often focused on honor, patriotism, and personal integrity, qualities drawn from her Southern upbringing and interest in national identity. Though her works were accessible and popular in her time, they often carried deeper reflections on duty, class, and gender roles. She gained recognition for novels like Maid Marian and Other Stories and her biographies and juvenile fiction. Throughout her career, she maintained a strong presence in American letters, contributing to the literary landscape of the late 19th and early 20th centuries with both charm and intellect.