![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But Joseph, in not trusting his own wife, fails to measure what she is made of, and ceases to deserve his good luck in finding her. Those with gold fever must be secretive, lest others discover and exhaust what they hope to plunder. He emigrated after marriage to escape responsibility for a crime and, when his farm fails, seeks gold. Joseph – her limited, selfish husband – is son to a Norfolk livestock auctioneer who died bizarrely. Resourceful, tough, wise, she wants to go beyond the bounds of the known, and has the brave curiosity and simple luck to encounter much that she seeks. Harriet Blackstone is an engaging heroine. The Colour: A Novel Rose Tremain Macmillan, 2004 - Fiction - 382 pages 33 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified Joseph and. It shows how happiness and misery change into their opposites how both imagination and love – notably, happy sexual love – alter what they touch as much as gold ever can. For all its vividly researched backdrop, this is essentially a book about egotism, discontent and our longing for the marvellous. Yet, like many good novels, the main concerns are spiritual. ![]() So this is an adventure story, full of the detail of colonial settlement, the paraphernalia of gold-quest, of natural wonders like a flash flood, and of memorable animals. ![]()
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