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Keep hoping someone will slap some sense into Arabella.
Finished the book this morning, it was ok but very dated but it is from the 1750's so it is understandable. ...more
Finished the book this morning, it was ok but very dated but it is from the 1750's so it is understandable. ...more
For its time, this is a pretty readable and engaging bit of writing that isn’t overlong and makes clever use of wry humour as it takes a dig at romance novels and their effect on particularly feminine fantasies. It’s kind of like an 18th century version of Cold Comfort Farm.
Arabella is the protagonist who falls under the spell of the masses of romantic literature she plunders from her father’s library. In this, Lennox was parodying the spell that Don Quixote falls under from books of chivalry th ...more
Arabella is the protagonist who falls under the spell of the masses of romantic literature she plunders from her father’s library. In this, Lennox was parodying the spell that Don Quixote falls under from books of chivalry th ...more
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