I felt it contradicted a lot of the points it was making and just turned it into a story of sadistic triumph against a woman's boundaries, rather than a satire on Sixties sex and love. Jenny is a far more interesting character than Standish, and I would've liked to hear more from her.
A virginal young woman saving herself for marriage, she becomes the obsession of boarding house neighbor Oliver Reed who's already getting enough for two people ...
Two Londoners (Oliver Reed, Noel Harrison) try to seduce a young woman (Hayley Mills) who postpones them with her prudence.
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Mar 1, 2016 · It is hinted that Patrick used to be romantic until he developed a jaded ennui, ostensibly from past girlfriends. An inkling of this romance, or ...
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A grotesque and memorable dance of death, full of bickering, bitching, backstabbing, and drinking. It is a book about dying people and about a dying England. In ...
Very funny and tightly paced novel that addresses issues of gender in 1950s Britain with darkly witty humor, well-paced dialogue, and a wry sense of irony, ...
Nov 10, 2021 · But I understand their experience so maybe cis people will view them as selfish. Essentially I never saw them taking advantage of their partner.
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Young Jenny Bunn (Hayley Mills) heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she ...
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The story of a woman whose tragedy it is that *EVERYONE* reacts to her sexually, while she wants to wait until marriage and the brittle libertine who really ...
Apr 16, 2019 · The novel portrays Patrick's courtship of Jenny, over roughly a year's period. ... When Jenny wavers, he breaks it off, then rapes her after she ...