immutable ɪˈmjuɾəbəl adjective
: not subject or susceptible to change or variation
The word immutable has appeared in 133 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on June 28 in the book review “Richly Imagined New Historical Fiction,” by Alida Becker. One of the books included is “The Eights” by Joanna Miller. The novel is set in 1920 and its characters are the first female undergraduate students at the University of Oxford:
Another link is “the immutable legacy” of the Great War, which makes Beatrice wonder if “her generation will always expect the worst of any situation.” Dora has lost her beloved brother and her fiancé, both of whom would have had places at the university. Ottoline (who prefers to be called Otto) is trying to squelch awful memories of her stints as a nurse and driver in London, while Marianne is hiding her own wartime secrets.
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