bookshelves: winter-20152016, hardback, paper-read, one-penny-wonder, lit-richer-jan-2016, lit-richer, series, published-1932, tbr-busting-2016, eng-cumbria, britain-england, families, a-cut-above, period-piece Read from July 09, 2013 to January 26, 2016 My coverDescription: It had been the wis...
4 stars. Exquisite Victorian literature. Almost flawless. The "fatal three" referenced in the title were not at all what I was expecting - in terms of person place or thing.
bookshelves: hardback, one-penny-wonder, paper-read, under-100-ratings, cumbria, families, historical-fiction, winter-20122013, under-50-ratings, pirates-smugglers-wreckers, series, revenge, epic-proportions, library-in-norway Recommended for: Laura, Jema, Wanda Read from January 16 to February 21...
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Dedication: FOR J. B. PRIESTLEYOpening Quote:I have kept my faith, though Faith was triedTo that rock-born, rock-wandering foot,And the world's altered since you died,And I am in no good reputeWith the loud host before the sea,That think sword strokes were better meantThan lover's music--let that be...
Ugh. Walpole manages to commit the worst of DH Lawrence and Henry James's literary crimes without ever acheiving the insights of the others. The story swirls around Janet, a wellbred but poor woman who marries for companionship and security. Most of the book is about the characters around her--th...
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