The Charmer

The story happens in the 1930's in England. It's about a woman named Joan Plumleigh-Bruce who lives with her maid Mary in a house. Her two best friends are the single man Donald Stimpson and the married guy Major Leonard Parry. Mr Stimpson has the intention to marry Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce, so he meets her frequently. One day, Ralph Gorse come and begins to talk with all them. Ralph Gorse wants to profit of Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce. He manipulates her with some dates. He's always in competition with Mr Stimpson. Ralph Gorse invites Mr Stimpson and makes him drunk. Then, he listens all his secrets and repeats them to Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce. Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce accepts Gorse's marriage proposition and he robs her 500 pounds. Mr Stimpson heards about the marriage and marries Mary who is Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce's maid. Joan Plumleigh-Bruce asks Major Parry for help. Major Parry and his wife come sometimes to help from this time. Gorse flies away and buys a new car. The last sentence let me suppose that he will die in a car accident.

Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce is 43 years old. She is very naпve. She's a little bit snob and easy to manipulate if you compliment her. She will never go to the police to ask for help because she's afraid of what all the people will think about her.

Ralph Gorse is a 25 years old guy really dishonest. That was not the first time he does things like that and certainly not the last. He's very intelligent. If Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce asks help to the police, he will say that the 500 pounds are for "services rendered" to a woman more than fifteen years old older than him.

I liked that book because of all the conversations full of sarcasms. That was really funny. I enjoy using sarcastic remarks and I was delighted to read all the ones in this book. That love story was correct. It was not very interesting, but not boring. Some passages were full of suspense. I recommend it to the ones who lived a divorce or had parents who did.