Nina Balatka

Nina Balatka
The Story of a Maiden of Prague

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Nina Balatka by Anthony Trollope

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The Story of a Maiden of Prague

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n I thought I might succeed in impregnating the mind of the novel-reader with a feeling that honesty is the best policy; that truth prevails while falsehood fails; that a girl will be loved as she is pure, and sweet, and unselfish; that a man will be honoured as he is true, and honest, and brave of heart; that things meanly done are ugly and odious, and things nobly done beautiful and gracious. . . There are many who would laugh at the idea of a novelist teaching either virtue or nobility,--those, for instance, who regard the reading of novels as a sin, and those also who think it to be simply an idle pastime. They look upon the tellers of stories as among the tribe of those who pander to the wicked pleasures of a wicked world. I have regarded my art from so different a point of view that I have ever thought of myself as a preacher of sermons, and my pulpit as one which I could make both salutary and agreeable to my audience. I do believe that no girl has risen from the reading of my pages less modest than sh

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I kind of had to read this one but it was a tough slog.

Its about a poor Christian girl who falls in love with a rich jew and the attempts by both of their societies to keep them apart.

that makes it sound more interesting than it is. The book starts with them already in love and you get no sense of their courtship or why they are interested in each other. While it was intended to be progressive, it just feels slow. And I enjoy slow books.