The Odd Women Review

The Odd Women by George Gissing
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

George Gissing's The Odd Women is a long discussion about the place of women in Victorian society put into novel form. The ideas are interesting and Gissing creates an admirably strong, yet not wooden female heroine in Rhoda Nunn. His characters are well crafted, but perhaps too pedantic. The pace of the novel is very slow.

Bottom Line: Read the Odd Women for the discussion about Victorian women, but don't expect the most entertaining novel.

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