The India Fan
by:
Victoria Holt (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780006177296 (0006177298)
Publish date: November 23rd 1989
Publisher: Fontana Press
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Historical Romance,
India,
Suspense,
Gothic,
Romantic Suspense,
Gothic Romance
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...
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...
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" ...
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...
3.5 stars
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