Why is the novel called The Sunday Philosophy Club, if the club seems to be purely notional, never having met? Are readers the members of this club, as if by reading the novel they are entering into Isabel’s mind, which is constantly engaged in philosophical questioning? Isabel raises the question of unequal desire in love when she reflects, “We do not like those who are completely available, who make themselves over to us entirely.” Do you feel this accurately reflects Cat’s emotional reaction to Jamie? Does this explain Isabel’s continuing interest in John Liamor? Is Isabel correct in arguing for proximity as a basis for moral claims? Isabel insists, on the other hand, that the man who fell from the balcony entered her “moral space”-and that she therefore has a moral obligation to him. In what ways is she a model female sleuth, and in what ways is she a surprising one? How does she compare with other female detectives in literature?Ĭat is annoyed at Isabel’s tendency to get involved in things that are none of her business. Isabel Dalhousie is a single, wealthy, literary woman of settled habits with a strong interest in moral behavior.
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