The Dress Lodger
by:
Sheri Holman (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780340717844 (034071784X)
Publish date: 2000
Publisher: Sceptre
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Health,
19th Century,
Medicine
There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant or practically humorous as that which supposes every man to be of equal value in its impartial eye, and the benefits of all laws to be equally attainable by all men, without the smallest reference to ...
I read almost all of it and then just lost interest. The narrative style kept me at a distance and I just didn't care about the characters. Some good historical detail; wish it had been in a nicer package.
Might have been OK with a better editor. The writing style is pretty pretentious, but the bigger issue is the weird continuity problems - there are a whole lot of scenes where the author seemed to forget whom exactly the narrator was supposed to be addressing, who the narrator *was*, or what the ch...
A very strong 3.5+ stars, which I’m rounding up to 4 because I enjoyed it more than other recent books I’ve given 3 stars to (damnit GR, give us ½ stars or more of them to play with!).The Dress Lodger takes place in 1831 in Sunderland, an industrializing seaport on the northeast coast of England, as...
Thanks to Dianah for telling me about this title! :)The ending was so great!! OMG This is a wonderful book.
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