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Nov 22, 2012
Shomeret
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I had high hopes for Robin Maxwell's Jane. I had loved her Signora Da Vinci in which she imagined Leonardo Da Vinci's mother as a very extraordinary woman. Her Jane Porter is also very far from ordinary. She is a medical student in an era where women weren't accepted in the medical profession, and she dared to support Charles Darwin's controversial ideas about evolution.
I felt that this novel's Jane is a bridge between Victorian England and Tarzan's jungle. She understands both perspectives and ...more
I felt that this novel's Jane is a bridge between Victorian England and Tarzan's jungle. She understands both perspectives and ...more
Sep 05, 2012
Kimberly
marked it as to-read
