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We follow Marguerite, a beautiful and admired lady, french by birth and actress by former occupation, married to a wealthy but stupid English fop, Sir Percy Blakeney. She is unhappy in the marriage, thinking her husband despises her for a terrible mistake she made before the marriage and now believes that the only person that loves her is her brother.
In France the revolution has started and the aristocracy is being slaughtered by the hundreds, nay the thousands. One name is murmured throughout F ...more
In France the revolution has started and the aristocracy is being slaughtered by the hundreds, nay the thousands. One name is murmured throughout F ...more
I have to say I almost gave this three stars instead of four...I had read this in high school and remembered really liking it. I recently saw the 1934 film with Leslie Howard and thought I would enjoy a reread. Although I liked the story very much, the writing was cheesier than I remembered it, and I had apparently forgotten the horrifyingly anti-Semitic scene at the end, which may have been not unacceptable in 1908, but which is cringe-inducing today. Still, as I said--a great story. Although p
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