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on NPR's list of 100 best romance books http://www.npr.org/2015/07/29/4267318...
Oh, the melodrama! This is very much social-justice = yay! and union yes! and I admire that. But, oh! the melodrama!
Oh, the melodrama! This is very much social-justice = yay! and union yes! and I admire that. But, oh! the melodrama!
"...Yo're not of this country, I reckon?"...more
"No!" said Margaret, half sighing. "I come from the South -- from Hampshire," she continued, a little afraid of wounding his consciousness of ignorance, if she used a name which he did not understand.
"That's beyond London, I reckon? And I come fro' Burnley-way
So as noted above, yes – for a long time when I saw the title of this book I thought it was about the Civil War. And I thought it would be too sad to read – so laugh at me now, get it all out of your system.
My friend, Hannah, mentioned Elizabeth Gaskell as a writer who portrayed her strong women to be beautiful. Coming on the heels of a Wilkie Collins read, this was refreshing. Collins described his strong women as ugly (even going so far to describe the hair on their faces), but Gaskell’s Marga ...more
My friend, Hannah, mentioned Elizabeth Gaskell as a writer who portrayed her strong women to be beautiful. Coming on the heels of a Wilkie Collins read, this was refreshing. Collins described his strong women as ugly (even going so far to describe the hair on their faces), but Gaskell’s Marga ...more
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