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Dawn

Henry Rider Haggard

Book Overview: 

H. Rider Haggards first story of a Victorian love affair with feuding cousins and a force that keep the lovers apart.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I should be a ruined woman. I speak frankly, you see; I fully appreciate my danger, principally because I know that, the more intimate a man and woman have been, the more chance there is of their becoming bitter enemies. George, give me those letters; do not overcloud my future with the shadows of the past."

"You talk as well as you do everything else, Anne; you are really a very remarkable woman. But, curiously enough, those letters, the existence of which is so obnoxious to you, are to me a source of great interest. You know that I love to study character—curious occupation for a young man, isn't it?—but I do. Well, in my small experience, I have never yet, either in fiction or in real life, come across such a fascinating display as is reflected in those letters. There I can, and often do, trace in minutest detail the agony of a strong mind, can see the barriers of what people call religion, early training, self- respect, and other cur. . . Read More

Community Reviews

I really enjoyed this book because it had so many things going on but balanced everything amazingly. I never hated a character in a classic book (unless we're talking about the Scarlet Letter's Dimmesdale) as much as I hated the main character's father, who, like Dimmesdale, is too wrapped up in him

This was a really cute book. I loved Pollyanna and this one did not disappoint.

Victorian romance/family saga with feuding cousins, True Love, and plenty of people/forces conspiring to keep the lovers apart, including one woman who in some ways might prefigure Haggard's She. This was Haggard's first novel and it's competent enough (although the auctorial voice can be obnoxiousl

the Dad in this unbearably unsupportive “no. it hurts too much to see him blind—— so I am just going to stop talking to him or seeing him”. Meanwhile, poor Keith is living to see how he is super failing at living up to his father’s insanely high expectations. Poor Keith. This book did two things ver

Housekeeper and prolific poetess Susan Betts has her hands full with the Burton family when young Master Keith goes blind. Also, World War 1 breaks out. Not as saccharine-soaked as her Pollyanna books and thank God for that.

Enjoyable World War I morality tale.

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