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John Marchmont's Legacy
M. E. Braddon
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The center of this story is a dramatic love triangle, the setting is a huge English manor. Olivia Marchmont has always "done her duty." However, when she falls in love and her beloved is in love with another woman, the malice of her heart is released in full view. In this dramatic tale, the vivid description of the country is also important- as if nature has a part in it. Unlike many novels, nobody gets what they deserve at the end. Or do they?
The center of this story is a dramatic love triangle, the setting is a huge English manor. Olivia Marchmont has always "done her duty." However, when she falls in love and her beloved is in love with another woman, the malice of her heart is released in full view. In this dramatic tale, the vivid description of the country is also important- as if nature has a part in it. Unlike many novels, nobody gets what they deserve at the end. Or do they?
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But the morning light brought relief to John Marchmont and his child. Mary arose with the determination to submit patiently to her father's choice, and to conceal from him all traces of her foolish and unreasoning sorrow. John awoke from troubled dreams to believe in the wisdom of the step he had taken, and to take comfort from the thought that in the far–away future his daughter would have reason to thank and bless him for the choice he had made.
So the few days before the marriage passed away––miserably short days, that flitted by with terrible speed; and the last day of all was made still more dismal by the departure of Edward Arundel, who left Marchmont Towers to go to Dangerfield P. . . Read More
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This is a wonderful read. Braddon had a fantastic way with words.They flowed beautifully and almost poetic at times.
There are many diverse characters, including a nasty villain.
This novel includes many emotions. I had trouble putting it down and I would recommended this to anyone who loves good stor
One of Braddon's best melodramatic novels, 'John Marchmont's Legacy' with its twists and crimes, has all the ingredients of a great Victorian Gothic tale. It has a strong, if slightly dim, young hero, an honest, if enfeebled, second string, a childlike and wronged heroine, a beautiful and passionate
Le prime 200 pagine sono volate in un soffio, perché il personaggio di Olivia, con la sua passione devastante per il cugino Edward, era davvero notevole.
Poi però mi sono arenata per qualche capitolo, in quanto ho trovato la love story fra Edward e Mary un po' troppo melensa.
Con la scomparsa di Mary
Sensation novels are by their very nature plot driven but this one has more three dimensional characters than most. The "baddies" in such works are often purely evil by nature but here Mrs Braddon does attempt to give us some psychological insight into their character (the story has a male and a fem
Edward, a handsome young soldier, finds Mary, the six-year-old daughter of John, his beloved ex-teacher, to be a fascinating child. John, a widow, is sickly and impoverished, and asks Edward to watch over Mary after his own inevitable death, whenever that may come. John is in line, behind several ot
This is delicious. Delicious in that I just ate it up, not delicious in that it is sticky sweet or full of reading nutrition. In the GR description is Braddon once declared that Wilkie Collins, the master of the 'sensation novel', was 'assuredly my literary father' and in another place I read that i