Daddy's Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Penelope Mortimer with Robin Weaver (Narrator)

6 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction classics challenging slow-paced

Description

A breakthrough novel of suburban loneliness and subversion—“her style, spare and singular, cuts through the decades like a scalpel” (Rachel Cooke, The Observer)Bourgeois housewife Ruth Whiting is “paralysed by triviality,” measuring out her days i...

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Community Reviews Summary of 66 reviews

Moods

emotional 59%
reflective 54%
dark 45%
sad 45%
challenging 22%
tense 18%
funny 9%
mysterious 4%

Pace

medium 40%
fast 31%
slow 27%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 76% | Plot: 17% | A mix: 5%

Strong character development?

Yes: 55% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 11%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 33% | No: 16%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 94% | It's complicated: 5%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 16%

Average rating

3.87

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