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A Lady of Quality
A Lady of Quality
A Lady of Quality
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A Lady of Quality

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A Lady of Quality is a novel published in 1896 by Frances Hodgson Burnett that was the second highest best-selling book in the United States in 1896. It was the first of series of successful historical novels by Burnett.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBooklassic
Release dateJun 29, 2015
ISBN9789635266937
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Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was an English-American author and playwright. She is best known for her incredibly popular novels for children, including Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    There's a reason why some great writers produce books that are almost unknown. This one - a novel for adults - is a far remove from the author's delightful children's classics 'Secret Garden' or 'Little Lord Fauntleroy'. It features an eminently dislikeable heroine, Clorinda, whose mother died giving birth to her. Her father is appalling, her childhood a caricature of depravity, and her sudden about-turn into being a society lady very difficult to swallow.

    I don't mind a slight excess of emotion, description or moralising in books of this era, but this one went on for pages, sometimes, without adding to the plot at all. I kept reading because I was interested in Clorinda's sister Anne, and because some of the plot developments caught my interest - but towards the end I skimmed several pages in order to finish it more quickly.

    I don't think I'll be reading this again, and really wouldn't recommend it - but if you're now intrigued, make sure to get the free ebook edition.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A melodramatic, wholly unbelievable and highly unrealistic view of a willful, stubborn, and high spirited woman’s rise to power in early eighteenth century England. Raised by a drunken lout of a father, Clorinda rides wild horses and carouses to keep up with even the most degenerate of his fellows. When she comes of age, she decides to become a proper lady. I loved Clorinda, for who could not—I have never read another heroine of so wild of spirit yet such aself-controlled manner. I especially love that she’s far more likely to break into a violent fury than burst into tears.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Having loved "the Shuttle" so much last year, I was really looking forward to reading another of Burnett's adult novels. However this story of tomboy Clorinda and her saintly sister Anne was a bit of a disappointment. I felt the characters were poorly drawn, the plot tended towards the improbable and the moral ending jarred with me. Still a good read for fans of 19th century literature but definitely not one of the better ones.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    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's what makes it so much fun to read.

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