CallirHOE

To You,

Just finished the third instalment in my 1001 book quest; Callirhoe.

I wasn't entirely sure of every plot detail, but this is what I could gather:
- Man and woman fall in love and get married
- Man goes off to see his dad, and gets told (wrongly) that woman is being a dutty slut
- Man goes home and kicks woman in vagina
- Woman looks like she's in a coma
- Woman gets buried
- Woman wakes up
- Someone steals woman and sells her as a slave to a widower
- Man sets out to find her (a bit later, but still)
- Woman gets married to widower because she's two months pregnant with man's child, surviving the blow to the nether regions (not like that) rather nicely
- Man and widower have a competition to get woman back; of course, she can say who she wants, but she doesn't
- There's some fighting and stuff and man and woman get back together

I mean, it was interesting, but there were quite a few plot twists n' turns. This, coupled with the flippant revelation of some important points, made for some confusing reading. Here's a weird bit:

And another:

And here's the vagina bit:

It's not just that: it seemed that everyone who looked at this Callihroe woman fell madly in love with her, which we all know is complete bollocks. I'm not joking, but I'm quite looking forward to getting beyond the Greek portion of the list- they've all been rather strange, haven't they? Next is the last of the veritable hoi polloi of Greek literature, the Aethiopica, but the Guide tells me it's full of romance and capture- originality at its peak.

Bloody hell.

Yours all-Greeked-outedly,

M.

P.S. Just got back from a rehearsal for Les Mis, of all things. I'm playing Thénardier, which is HUGELY exciting.