The Making of a Marchioness (Emily Fox-Seton, Complete)
This carefully crafted ebook: “The Making of a Marchioness (Emily Fox-Seton, Complete)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1901 novel The Making of a Marchioness was originally published in two parts: the first tells the fairy...
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This carefully crafted ebook: “The Making of a Marchioness (Emily Fox-Seton, Complete)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1901 novel The Making of a Marchioness was originally published in two parts: the first tells the fairy tale-like story of how our heroine, Emily Fox-Seton, became the Marchioness of Walderhurst. The second, originally titled The Methods of Lady Walderhurst, is a down-to-earth portrayal of the realities of Victorian marriage, with a bit of a Victorian sensation vibe to it. The two parts work very well as a single novel, though there is a marked shift in tone when we move from the first to the second.Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849 – 1924) was an English-American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B00H7Z48T0
Publish date: November 10th 2013
Publisher: E-Artnow
Pages no: 215
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.