tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post8580947216846129823..comments2023-05-16T12:26:09.102+01:00Comments on The Historical House: "Lalka" (The Doll)Mrs McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-55446879742775829532017-12-12T16:36:50.576+00:002017-12-12T16:36:50.576+00:00I should add that Wokulski was indeed very silly. ...I should add that Wokulski was indeed very silly. I don't think he was greedy; he just wanted the woman he wanted. "Wybieraj żonę uchem, nie okiem" is very good advice! Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-20601836331874618422017-12-12T16:33:29.067+00:002017-12-12T16:33:29.067+00:00Well, I am sympathetic to Wokulski because he was ...Well, I am sympathetic to Wokulski because he was put in a very difficult position in the first relationship and then he fell in love with a pretty face. It's too bad the face didn't belong to a different kind of girl, for then perhaps Wokulski would have been happy. But then there would have been no story. <br /><br />I will write a better review in the autumn of 2018 when I have finished reading the first volume in its original Polish.Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-91948361111272181342017-12-07T19:57:08.677+00:002017-12-07T19:57:08.677+00:00I think you focusing on the aspects of the book th...I think you focusing on the aspects of the book that talk to you the most and do not see the whole picture. You focus on women, but men are not put in better light- take Wokulski, he has married a much older woman for money, then he spend most of his younger years on making more money and then being a middle aged man he decided to marry a beautiful, young woman of higher social class, basically by buying her. He was made a fool by his own hand because of his aspirations and greed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com