SuitabookThe game of hope
Sandra Gulland
- Reading
- Pause after the opening to map who is connected to whom, then invite your reader to notice which of Hortense's interests seem to belong to her own choices.
- Themes
- Choice and future: Hortense's future is presented as potentially outside her control, while she has her own interests and hopes. The tension between personal wishes and limited choice is part of the setup; how the story evaluates or resolves it is unknown.
- Revolution and loss: The story is set in France after the French Revolution. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The background includes tragic losses during the Revolution, including Hortense's father being guillotined. The extent or detail of such material in the story is not established.