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A very enjoyable short novel, written in late Victorian era. Emily Fox-Seton is such a thoroughly enjoyable young woman, so glad to believe the best of others. In some ways she is a type of Pollyanna character herself, but without being conscious of it or rubbing it in other people's faces. Recommended as a pleasant, light read.
Francis Hodgson Burnett is best known for her children's books, including The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Like those stories, The Making of a Marchioness explores the world of the British upper classes. On one level this is a fairy story--set in Edwardian England, just about at the turn of the century. Cinderella reappears in the form of Emily Fox-Seton, a young woman of gentle birth and training, but nearly destitute. Emily, a spinster at thirty-five, cobbles together a slender li...
I had no idea that the Author of "The Little Princess" and "Secret Garden" actually wrote more than this (well, correction. I knew about "Little Lord Fauntleroy" but never read it but saw some TV movie of it.) This book is WONDERFUL!! It has shades (maybe more than shades) of "Little Princess" but is for adults. The main character is one of those you know is too good to be real but makes you want to strive to be like her. I cried several times and was satisfied at that end. I will probably read
It has a real old world charm which might irritate some. But, I quite liked the easy, un agenda lead story. Yeap there are some dodgy bits but that's its age showing. And I loved the gothic twist not what you would expect from the author of children's books. I had a Persphone books copy with some excellent intros and postscripts attached - treat yourself to a vintage read complete with tea in a china cup and saucer and heaps of bread and butter, scones and jam etc.
A Victorian, slightly gothic, melodrama with all of the plot necessities of villain, indifferent prince and saintly but (as frequently described: unintelligent) heroine. Nothing hugely special or captivating, nothing especially jarring aside from the usual issues with Victorian sensibilities and attitudes towards race, women and other religions and cultures. The usual suspects. I must be in a more than usual lethargic mood (actually I know I am, pulling up after a couple of visits to the local I...
Part one: sweet love story, the commoner gets the prince sort of thing, Kate and William.Part two: embarrassingly bad Gothic horror rubbish.Subtotal, a book that deteriorates considerably until it finally ended and I could breathe a sigh of relief from such a dreadful potboiler.Bonus one: It is short.Bonus two: It was made into a tv movie, "The Making of a lady" which also starts off good then ditto.Total: Save your money and buy a box of Milk Tray, eat all the chocolates you like the best and t...
This is the sort of work where, if you have any familiarity with romance novels, you know where this is going. Yet while a simple and basic level of enjoyment of the plot does not require a lot of thinking, this book is noteworthy at least in the way that it presents a certain set of qualities as being attractive and worthy of benign authorial providence, and it suggests at least some of the way that the author thought of herself and her own youth spent as a shabby genteel relative dependent on...
Slight spoiler:The Making of a Marchioness kind of reminds me of a fairy tale, a 19th century fairy tale. There is the handsome, nice, naive heroine, the wealthy male suitor, and the evil influences. I got a bit distracted with all the references to the goodness and the niceness of Emily and her general outlook on life (a bit too saccharine for my taste) but that aside it's a pleasant read for the most part and like a fairy tale, good triumphs over evil.
Emily is an assistant to the rich high-class ladies in London, making her living by planning parties, running errands, and doing little things that no one else wants to do. She lives in a small apartment where she is good friends with her landlady, Mrs. Cupp. Emily is hired to help entertain at a country manor and organize the yearly fête for the village children. She befriends one of the guests, Lady Agatha, and encourages her to attract the attention of the most eligible rich bachelor at the m...
Another adult Burnett. I like the first part better, Emily looks such a nice, capable woman that could take care her own life, thank you very much. The romance (or the inexistence of it) was touching but not puke inducing. In the second part she seemed to be abandoning her self-reliance and became this adoring sugar sweet wife. I suppose this is real and valid thing to happen even now. It's so easy and comfortable to slip into it. I know I would gladly do it. It sounds as if I don't approve of s...
