The India Fan - Victoria Holt • BookLikes (ISBN:0449216977)

The India Fan

by: Victoria Holt (author)

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Victoria Holt,Mass Market Paperback - REISSUE, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Publishing Group

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Format: mass market paperback

ISBN: 9780449216972 (0449216977)

Publish date: July 30th 1989

Publisher: Ivy Books

Pages no: 396

Edition language: English

Category:

Cultural, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Mystery, Historical Romance, India, Suspense, Gothic, Romantic Suspense, Gothic Romance

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Abandoned by user rated it

7 years ago

http://moonlightreader.booklikes.com Abandoned by user 3.0 Not really all that gothic, not really all that romantic

text Not really all that gothic, not really all that romantic

So, I didn't actually hate it. Let me begin with a gif, though. That's Drusilla, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And, sadly, that is what I pictured every single time I read the name of the main character. It was . . . distracting. Now that I've gotten that out of my system, I shall talk ab...

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Abandoned by Booklikes rated it

8 years ago

http://oblue.booklikes.com Abandoned by Booklikes 1.0 India Fan (Casablanca Classics)

text India Fan (Casablanca Classics)

I don't even know how to start this review. I really enjoyed the other Victoria Holt book I read, Mistress of Mellyn, but this one, no. A thousand times no. There was sexism, classicism, racism, I am sure I am forgetting some -ism. And yes, I do get that the setting that this book takes place in is...

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SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady rated it

8 years ago

http://SusannaG.booklikes.com SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady 3.5 The India Fan

text The India Fan

The India Fan, one of Victoria Holt's novels, is certainly the "gothic" she's famous for - it is the tale of Drusilla Dantry, the rector's daughter, and how her life, from the age of two, has been entwined with that of the local gentry family, the Fannings. The son of the family, Fabian, "kidnaps" ...

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Telynor's Library, and then some rated it

11 years ago

http://telynor.booklikes.com Telynor's Library, and then some 3.0 A very dated romantic suspense with all of the bad elements

text A very dated romantic suspense with all of the bad elements

This rather dated novel tells the story of Drusilla the vicar's daughter who finds herself entangled with the local aristocratic family, the Framlings, who take a shine to her. There's the crazy woman in the attics, a bitchy nasty friend who treats the heroine like dirt, the sarcastic hero, the conn...

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