On the surface this feels like something Thomas Hardy on Prozac would write.
Deeper down this is a harrowing tale of a girl trapped between three offensively charmless men. She has to marry one. There is NO other option. None at all, marry wealth or status, and spend your life praying for death during childbirth in hopes of a sweet release from a loveless dull marriage. Or, alternatively, marry the hot poor boy from church whose only personality trait is…