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A young, beautiful American heiress descends upon a tiny sleepy English town. Burnett loves gender and class stereotypes; there is nothing she likes more than to write about a ladys delicate features or a mans strong arms, and certainly every member of the lower classes is flatteringly awed by their betters. Nevertheless, the American Octavia Bassett manages to upset the usual mode just a little--when she is asked to marry a handsome, well-bred and rich Englishman, she refuses with composure. I love the scene:You dont want _me_, she said. You want somebody meeker,--somebody who would respect you very much, and obey you. Im not used to obeying people.Do you mean also that you would not respect me? he inquired bitterly.Oh, she replied, you havent respected me much!Excuse me--he began, in his loftiest manner.You didnt respect me enough to think me worth marrying, she said. I was not the kind of girl you would have chosen of your own will. You are treating me unfairly! he cried.You were going to give me a great deal, I suppose--looking at it in your way, she went on; but, if I _wasnt_ exactly what you wanted, I had something to give too. Im young enough to have a good many years to live; and I should have to live them with you, if I married you. Thats something, you know.He rose from his seat pale with wrath and wounded feeling.Does this mean that you refuse me? he demanded, that your answer isno?She rose, too--not exultant, not confused, neither pale nor flushed. He had never seen her prettier, more charming, or more natural.It would have been no, even if there hadnt been any obstacle, she answered.Then, he said, I need say no more. I see that I have--humiliated myself in vain; and it is rather bitter, I must confess.It wasnt my fault, she remarked.I love her! Theres nothing more refreshing than someone who is aware of the values of her peers, but recognizes their limitations and that they are important only in relative terms. The plot of My Fair Barbarian is not complex or surprising, but it is short and sweet. It is also a good showcase for Burnetts ability at writing Victorian literature that lacks a surprising number of the usual pitfalls of that era--the sentences contain only a few clauses each, the dialog is impressively natural, and the characters are personalities of their own, rather than archetypes acting out a morality pagant.
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