Read my full review @ http://bit.ly/XRkwAtAlthough the premise of the story and its' characters were pretty interesting, for some reason, I could never quite warm up to this 144 page novella. Normally, I can put my finger on the exact reason I do or do not like a book, but am unable to do it with th...
[These notes were made in 1981. I read the 3-volume 1820 edition:]. The "novel" part - the misadventures of an upstart who poses as a lady (and gets away with it, for a while) in Edinburgh - is simply an excuse, a loose framework on which to hang as many slightly-veiled, often abusive portraits of ...