Emily Fox-Seton; Being the Making of a Marchioness and the Methods of Lady Walderhurst
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781409717614 (1409717615)
Publish date: May 1st 2008
Publisher: Holley Press
Pages no: 456
Edition language: English
Before watching The Making of a Lady on PBS I had no idea that Frances Hodgson Burnett had written for adults and curiosity drove me to purchase and read The Making of a Marchioness. It bore little resemblance to the film, it lacked the romance and the action that a film requires to capture the atte...
I am always impressed by Burnett's ability to write sweet stories without being twee or saccharine. This is what Edith Wharton would write on anti-depressants.