Inkulungwane yeshumi elinesithoba ihlala inezinto ezongezelelekileyo zokungcamla kunye nemfihlakalo. Ngexesha apho abantu babesahlala kwi-chiaroscuro yanamhlanje, phakathi kweenkolelo, iintsomi, ubuqhetseba kunye nokuqhubela phambili kwesayensi ekuthambekeni kwetekhnoloji, yonke into enxulumene nayo iphelela ekufumaneni ivumba elingaqhelekanga leenkumbulo ezingenakwenzeka, kwizinyanya nakwimfihlakalo.
Ke xa umbhali ethanda UKate morton, mnumzana wemfihlakalo kunye namarhe okurhanela, usimema kwakhona kwindawo evela nzulu eNgilane phakathi kwinkulungwane yeshumi elinesithoba, siyazi ukuba sizokonwabela ibali elonwabisayo elinama-enemmatic exes ngexesha apho yonke into ibingekafumaneki. Iintsuku ezimbalwa xa ukholo, inzululwazi kunye neentsomi zabelana ngokucinga okufanayo.
Ukuba sinokwenza nohambo oluya ku-1862 ukusukela namhlanje, imfihlakalo iya kuthambeka ngakumbi kwaye iyelenqe lifumana amanqanaba awaziwayo.
Enkosi kuElodie Winslow, saqala ukuqamba iyelenqe malunga neziganeko zowe-1862 kwilali yakudala yaseBerkshire. Umfazi ofana naye, ugcino lwemethodolo ophela ekufumaneni ipotifoliyo yomzobi wakudala, kunye nethuku lakhe elifanelekileyo, uya kulawula ukuphanda iinkcukacha zolwaphulo-mthetho olungaqhelekanga malunga nongasekhoyo uBirdie Bell, intombi yomenzi weewotshi owenza umfanekiso omdala ulawulo, ungabeka ukukhanya.
Ukuxelelwa kuseto olubini, kwaye ke unikezela umbono owaziyo kumfundi, eli bali lisikhokelela kwelinye icala lesipili ukuya kwelinye. Ukusuka ekuvalelweni kwamagcisa athile ekhangela inkuthazo kwindlu emnyama ngo-1862, ukuya kwinto eyenzekileyo kuloo ndawo, wafika ngoku kwaye kungekudala waqondwa njengentsingiselo yokucaciswa ngeziphumo ezingenakulinganiswa ...
Ibali, elihamba ngokukhawuleza phakathi kwexesha elidlulileyo nelangoku, liqulunqa iyelenqe elipheleleyo malunga nolwaphulo-mthetho, imfihlakalo, ukudala ubugcisa, iimfihlelo ezingenakwenzeka ...
Ungayithenga inoveli Intombi yoMenzi weWatchmaker, incwadi entsha kaKate Morton, apha: