2.5 stars. Our hero was a stuffed shirt and I just couldn’t warm to his hypocritical arse. Abigail marries him under an arrangement organised by their 2.5 stars. Our hero was a stuffed shirt and I just couldn’t warm to his hypocritical arse. Abigail marries him under an arrangement organised by their parents. He storms off in a snit on wedding night, because he is a big man-child who throws a tantrum at being forced to do something he doesn't want to. He is too "woe is me, it's everybody else's fault" and self-absorbed to actually talk about the whole thing with his wife and find out how she feels about it all. Narcissistic behaviour, anyone? Abigail bails and goes to America for many years, where she becomes a wealthy and successful business woman in her own right. Many years later she returns, because she wants a child and her husband is required for this. In the meantime, hubby has been having a lovely, adulterous sex-life while she has remained pure. So much for the successful, independent gal.
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The hero wasn’t an evil person, but he badly needed to grow the hell up. If this had been set in the 21st century, she would have cut him loose years before. I really wish she had....more
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