The Making of a Marchioness (Part I and II)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781906462123 (1906462127)
ASIN: 1906462127
Publish date: December 31st 2009
Publisher: Persephone Books
Pages no: 308
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.