Apparently, she never told her husband anything real about herself. She even lied about her age. I wonder how she explained that not only was she not a virgin, but she had given birth before. Kind of weird. Since she is living a life of total deceit, it's hard to care too much about her character.
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Soylent Green: Of the people, by the people, for the people.
Then what does those line mean, "memories of a child" said by George to Nelly near the ending.
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I am trying to decide if she is just hard to sympathize with or unlikeable in general. She knew what she was doing and the marriage she was affecting, especially as a seemingly educated and astute personality. Her lies to her husband are just the cherry on top.
shareI got the impression that her husband knew everything, all the facts.
She tweaked the time period she knew Charles Dickens for the others only.
I thought her husband knew as well
I got the impression that her husband knew everything, all the facts.
In real life, the child remains a conjecture. There is a biography of the real Nell; it's worth reading. Unfortunately after doing so, this fictional story seems insipid. The real Nell was opportunistic (she is said to have commented that she loathed the old man's touch) and Dickens was cruel.
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