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A Lady of Quality

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Book Overview: 

Set in late 1600's England, the story follows the life of a woman living an unconventional life. The loves of her life and all of its ups and downs are included.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Mistress Anne, were young ladies of gentle spirit.  Their sister had said of them that their spirit was as poor as their looks.  It could not be said of them by any one that they had any pretension to beauty, but that which Mistress Clorinda rated at as poor spirit was the one element of comfort in their poor dependent kinswoman’s life.  They gave her no ill words, they indulged in no fantastical whims and vapours, and they did not even seem to expect other entertainment than to walk the country roads, to play with their little lap-dog Cupid, wind silks for their needlework, and please themselves with their embroidery-frames.

To them their sister appeared a goddess whom it would be presumptuous to approach in any frame of mind quite ordinary.  Her beauty must be heightened by rich adornments, while their plain looks were left without the poorest aid.  It seemed but fitting that what there was to spend must be spent on her.  They . . . Read More

Community Reviews

A larger-than-life heroine, drama, romance, villainy, dark secrets -- if all you've read of Burnett is The Secret Garden and A Little Princess, this book will make your head spin. This is one of my favorites of her books; it's not the best constructed, and yes, it's over-the-top in places, but that'

I read the blurb to this and thought ”I have to read this, it seems nuts”

And it kind of was, in a trashy romance kind of way. There is romance, deviant behavior, and murder. Not to mention complete personality changes in the main character that are, as other reviewers points out, not very credible.

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La Clorinda di questo insolito romanzo della Burnett è un’eroina anticonvenzionale, che differisce dalla consuetudine per la spiccata indipendenza che non contempla l’ipotesi di venire relegata in angolo, oscurata da una qualche figura maschile o vittima delle proprie sfumature emotive.

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Autrice de #Ilgiardinosegreto questa volta la leggo nelle vesti di un classico senza tempo. Non avevo mai letto un classico che affrontasse queste tematiche, proprio perché si pensa sia un classico d’amore ambientato nell’epoca vittoriana ma leggendolo si trova altro.
Lo definirei un romanzo di forma

Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

A Lady of Quality is a romance by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1896. If the name rings a bell, it’s because Burnett also wrote Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden. Today Burnett is remembered for her children’s boo

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