We need more women who defy these expectations of a "good Christian" woman. But it turns into one more 19th century story (and I love 19th century literature) about a woman who is willing to sacrifice herself - she'd almost die on a cross - for some kind of distorted sense of loyalty and duty to a man who wronged her and abuses her. The story starts out intriguing and the writing is excellent. So I added it to my list and listened to it. Not so long ago I read the statement by an author, in The New York Times Book Review column "By the Book" that in his opinion this is the best book of all the books by the Bronte sisters. Another woman too willing to sacrifice her life
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