Maeve Binchy
Paperback | Pages: 528 pages Rating: 4 | 38964 Users | 1082 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Evening Class |
| ISBN: | 0752876821 (ISBN13: 9780752876825) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Dublin(Ireland) |
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Among the many evening classes starting all over Dublin is an 'Introduction to Italian'. On the surface it could be just one of hundreds in which some students will succeed and some will fall along the way. the hopes and dreams of so many people are tied up in the twice weekly lessons. they are ready to set off on the promised trip to Italy at the end of the year, everyone's destiny has changed utterly.List Based On Books Evening Class
| Title | : | Evening Class |
| Author | : | Maeve Binchy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 528 pages |
| Published | : | June 30th 2005 by Orion Publishing Group (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance. Cultural. Ireland. Contemporary. European Literature. Irish Literature. Adult Fiction |
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Ratings: 4 From 38964 Users | 1082 ReviewsAppraise Based On Books Evening Class
Just a breathtaking book! Maeve Binchy is one of the best story tellers the world has known. The layers, the depth, the richness of her books is unparalleled. Evening Class, about people who come together two evenings a week to study Italian and the culture of Italy. Each chapter covers the story of a student and how they wound up there. So marvelous. These characters will hang in your mind long after you turn the last page.So I apologize in advance for not reviewing these books in the order of publication. I tend to go back again and again to my tried and true Binchy novels. I decided this year I will aim to at least post reviews for all of the books that I have read. Over the Thanksgiving holiday I enjoyed re-reading this book, Heart & Soul, and This Year it Will Be Different. There is something so homey with these books. At this time I have been reading about the same characters for more than a dozen years.
At it's best it was charming, feel-good escapism with somewhat two-dimensional characters reminiscent in style and content of L M Montgomery or the more shallow passages of Tamora Pierce. In this way I sort of enjoyed bits of it, even while disapproving of myself for enjoying it (like eating an oversweetened chocolate bar). The writing throughout was simple and almost childish, it reminded me of Enid Blyton for example p349 "And they had shaken hands with such vigour that both of their arms were
It was a delightful read. I felt like living inside each of the character's own dreams and wishful thinking. It was noteworthy to think that Maeve Binchy is very much concerned with every character's right to a private and distinguishable life. It was also marvelous how she can prove through one single read how small the world really is. The plot of the novel had me guessing all throughout whether who was and who is. It was an enjoying classy tale of love and friendship.
For some time now I've been thinking about creative formats for novels, and one of my best ideas was to introduce an extremely-unlikely-to-have-anything-to-do-with-each-other set of characters and tell their various stories until they all twine into one. Maeve Binchy did something very similar to that in Evening Class, and that was what made this book shine for me. (Her plot, as usual, had a fair amount of angst and marital affairs, but I guess I'm getting used to that.) She waited to tell many
Characters:The characters and their evolution are lovely. Some grow and discover themselves. Some like Mrs.Dunne are sidelined once they serve their purpose. There are characters who find love, acceptance, adventure. There's a little something for everyone to relate to.Story: The individual stories are woven separately and combined until it all comes together in the end to make a full picture. The pace does not lag and the use of language and history make you want to travel to Italy or atleast
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