Wasn't Mr Atherton in HGD another PTSD-esque sufferer?
I think traditionally it's been more likely for mothers to be sick
because that can be romantic (within the genre!), and it's OK for a
woman to be ill on a couch, but men (even when they're absent father
types) have to be manly and well and ca
Lorna at Wynyard's dad is ill and then dies. From my
reading of this, he has been ill a while.
--- Tom & Tash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As soon as I posted, I thought of Dr Carr - was he
> sick or just old? - and
> Emily of New Moon's father has consumption before
> shuffling off.
>
> Na
Mr. Underwood in Charlotte Yonge's "The Pillars of the House" has
consumption, and dies a pious death early in the book, but not
before giving his wife 13 children in 16 years, which evidently
doesn't do very much for *her* physical or mental health.
The father in Mary Mapes Dodge's "Hans Brinke
As soon as I posted, I thought of Dr Carr - was he sick or just old? - and
Emily of New Moon's father has consumption before shuffling off.
Natasha
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