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The Pretty Sister Of José
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Pepita would rather become a witch than a wife. She's seen too many women, including her mother, wither away at their husband's hands. Popular and respected, our gentle, but fiercely independent heroine immediately grows cruel and cold to any suitor drawn in by her allure. When a famous bullfighting lady killer from Madrid takes interest in her, will Pepita's resolve crumble with disastrous consequences?
Pepita would rather become a witch than a wife. She's seen too many women, including her mother, wither away at their husband's hands. Popular and respected, our gentle, but fiercely independent heroine immediately grows cruel and cold to any suitor drawn in by her allure. When a famous bullfighting lady killer from Madrid takes interest in her, will Pepita's resolve crumble with disastrous consequences?
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"He was always kind to her when he saw her," continued Manuel. "Once he gave her his devisa. When she died she held it in her hand and would not let it go. It was buried with her. She was a pretty child—Sarita—but she had always lived in the country and knew nothing."
"I have always lived in the country and I know nothing," said Pepita, mocking him with her great eyes; "but I can help anything I choose. It should be the others who cannot help it."
She thought him dull and tiresome, and soon wished he would go away, but he could not help it, and lingered about with all sorts of stupid excuses. The more she bewildered him, the more he was fascinated. It was almost enough to stand and stare at her and hear her voice as she talked to the others. How prett. . . Read More
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It's a lovely novella, probably for adults. It's about a young girl who is well loved by all and sweet to the young and old but snobbish to the men. She is conceited by her womanly prowess and doesn't think about what she might want. She scorns and mocks all men, unwilling to consider any of them fo
Frances Hodgson Burnett is known for a few books [1], and this is not one of them. That is not to say that this is a bad book. On the contrary, this book is precisely the sort of enjoyable adult romance that the author was probably able to write quickly, and if it has not survived as well as her t