![]() The last sentence of the first chapter in "Mrs. ![]() Consider the opening chapters of the books, both of which deal with love and marriage. They weren't written to offer the two characters' corollary views of the same events, but they illuminate each other, deepening the story and providing a more nuanced view of the Bridge marriage by conveying thoughts India and Walter could never bring themselves to speak. The books stand on their own individually, but taken together, they become something more. Bridge struggle with ambivalence and boredom in her role as homemaker and mother, right up until the end, marooned in her Lincoln: "Half inside and half outside she remained." Bridge even as he becomes more stuck in his patrician ways. As they raise their three children, Ruth, Carolyn and Douglas, and navigate the obligations expected of their social set, we empathize with Mr. Bridge's death, we see the family first from Mrs. From India and Walter Bridge's courtship to just beyond Mr. ![]() ![]() For nearly 600 pages, Connell makes us feel as though we live with the Bridges. ![]()
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