Mal Moulée: A Novel

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

In a 19th-century boarding school, two young women from different backgrounds navigate friendship and female expectations, while wrestling with love, loss, and complicated pasts.

Genres

Gender & Sexuality Studies Literature Fiction

Released

2012-06-23

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Summary

"Mal Moulée: A Novel" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is a story set in a boarding school during the late 1800s, featuring Helena Maxon and Dolores King as they grapple with love and the complicated realities of being women. Helena starts her journey filled with homesickness as she leaves for Madame Scranton's Academy, encouraged by her mother to embrace the opportunities ahead. Her roommate, Dolores, is a striking and complex character, burdened by a tragic past that gives her a serious view on life. As they form a bond, the story explores the contrast between Helena's hopeful outlook and Dolores's more somber one, showcasing the challenges of friendship, societal demands, and the pains of growing up, hinting at bigger themes of love, loss, and betrayal along the way.