Reviews for Bell in Campo and the Sociable Companions

The average rating for Bell in Campo and the Sociable Companions based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-10-02 00:00:00 Maurizio Scaramelli Thoroughly enjoyed it! Margaret Cavendish is GREAT :) Loved the concept of a female army that decides to free themselves from the bonds of slavery & aspire to be as great as men & go for the glory of battle - It was great when Lady Victoria set down their laws & treason was punishable by death. And they saved the men's asses at the battle HAH. Upon their return to their kingdom & city, they're hailed as heroes & women are made masters of their homes & get control of everything. But on a side note, the commentary about the two widows was interesting - how one is true to her husband if she wallows in her grief & dies & one is seen as untrue & foolish if she remarries a younger man & really, it always comes down to money - either marry an old woman & waste her fortune or if u marry a young woman, she'll waste your fortune. So despite the obvious, or rather, surface feminism of the play, there are some really interesting connotations Cavendish makes about widows remarrying & marriage being about money at the end of the day. Good stuff. BTW, this was part of my reading for an Early Modern Women Writers course

Review # 2 was written on 2017-11-10 00:00:00 Dustin Fowler 4.5☆ Marguerite Yourcenar reuniu neste livro um apanhado dos seus desabafos deixados à toa em folhas soltas, num período em que passava por um desgosto amoroso. Todos juntos não são mais que algumas páginas. O resto são relatos de amores históricos, sobretudo da mitologia grega. Aconselho uma pesquisa prévia sobre estas personagens; o tema é vasto e complexo. Eu, pelo menos, rapidamente esqueço os parentesco confusos, os nomes estranhos e às vezes tão semelhantes que me baralham. De qualquer maneira, as histórias mitológicas são sempre fascinantes e a autora recriou-as com muita sensibilidade e um toque muito feminino. Mas a minha favorita foi sobre a mítica Maria Madalena; a história bíblica tantas vezes ouvida e recontada, ganha uma visão intimista e completamente nova da eterna pecadora. Uma delícia de escrita, de sensibilidade, de espírito criativo.