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The Forrester Inheritance
Living in Ireland to escape her father's debts, Mariana Porter returns to London with her aunt and discovers that she is to be co-heir to the vast fortune of an unknown uncle provided she marries a member of the family within the year
209 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 1985
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October 12, 2017
This was not a great day to get sick, but I suppose it did afford me the opportunity to read a singularly stupid novel.
Miss Mariana Porter stands to inherit a great deal of money - provided she marry one of her cousins. Will it be gentleman pugilist Tyger Dobyn? The mute poet Jeremy Law? Or the man she takes into immediate aversion, the otherwise personalityless Captain Brion Seymour?
Oh come on, you know it is going to be the Captain. Why else would she hate him for no reason?
The writing was lovely but randomly switched narration styles. The main character was obnoxious. She is an ice queen who is apparently intelligent but gets vapors and acts rudely just 'cause. The suitors lack basic personalities. The romance makes no sense and appears out of nowhere. There are several cameos from various historical figures taken out of context.
Some interesting potential side stories...but those aren't really developed.
One of those one-star reads that leaves me feeling more amused than infuriated. Not amused enough, however, to give it the benefit of the doubt and give it 2 stars.
Miss Mariana Porter stands to inherit a great deal of money - provided she marry one of her cousins. Will it be gentleman pugilist Tyger Dobyn? The mute poet Jeremy Law? Or the man she takes into immediate aversion, the otherwise personalityless Captain Brion Seymour?
Oh come on, you know it is going to be the Captain. Why else would she hate him for no reason?
The writing was lovely but randomly switched narration styles. The main character was obnoxious. She is an ice queen who is apparently intelligent but gets vapors and acts rudely just 'cause. The suitors lack basic personalities. The romance makes no sense and appears out of nowhere. There are several cameos from various historical figures taken out of context.
Some interesting potential side stories...but those aren't really developed.
One of those one-star reads that leaves me feeling more amused than infuriated. Not amused enough, however, to give it the benefit of the doubt and give it 2 stars.
November 13, 2013
Miss Mariana Porter lives in genteel poverty in Dublin with her father, a gamester and painter. They manage to get by but hope for something to come along to help them return to their old lives in London. Perhaps Mariana should accept the proposal of the Marquis, a friend of her father's. If only he hadn't proposed primarily in order to help Mr. Porter. When news of Lyndell Porter's Uncle Josiah Forrester's death, the Porter's hope that the city merchant's fortune will be theirs, but Forrester left his legacy largely to his nephew by marriage, Captain Brion Seymour. Mariana's friend Lucy writes that she's getting married in London and needs Mariana there as her bridesmaid, Mariana wonders if she should go. Then her long estranged Aunt Battledore comes to Dublin to whisk Mariana away to London where the girl enters Society. Mariana makes the acquaintance of Captain Seymour, whom she hates at first because of his newly acquired fortune and later because he is irritating. Captain Seymour is often seen on the arm of the beautiful but catty Lady Blanche. Then Mariana's solicitor makes a shocking announcement: Uncle Forrester left a third of his immense fortune to Mariana but only on the condition that she marry within the extended family or she'll forfeit everything. This leaves Mariana with three choices: Captain Seymour; his gentle poetic cousin Jeremy, a mute; and Tyger Dobyn, a pugilist. She likes Jeremy and even engages the help of a mutual friend, the sculptress Mrs. Damer, to teach her sign language. While Tyger is amusing, he isn't really the type a lady like Mariana should marry. Lucy counsels Mariana to choose one but Mariana refuses to marry without love. Mariana also learns some shocking secrets about her mother which may affect her future and possibly even her safety.
This is a nice, quiet comedy of manners Regency. Mariana is young but not too young as to be annoying. She's had a tough life and it's made her grow more quickly than Lucy so she knows her own mind better. I admired her for wanting to marry for love but at times found her cold and snobby. Her three suitors are vastly different from one another. Captain Seymour seems like he might be a rake but he has little personality and not much development. Tyger is unusual but has a cruel streak that neither Mariana nor myself likes. My favorite suitor is Jeremy. He's so sweet and gentle. I would marry him! I liked the introduction of real life characters into the story. The author blended history and fiction quite well with only a few moments of telling too much history outside of the plot. Mostly though, this is a rather unforgettable story. I know I read it once before but for the life of me I couldn't remember anything about the plot except that Jeremy is mute and Mrs. Damer teachers Mariana sign language.
This is a nice, quiet comedy of manners Regency. Mariana is young but not too young as to be annoying. She's had a tough life and it's made her grow more quickly than Lucy so she knows her own mind better. I admired her for wanting to marry for love but at times found her cold and snobby. Her three suitors are vastly different from one another. Captain Seymour seems like he might be a rake but he has little personality and not much development. Tyger is unusual but has a cruel streak that neither Mariana nor myself likes. My favorite suitor is Jeremy. He's so sweet and gentle. I would marry him! I liked the introduction of real life characters into the story. The author blended history and fiction quite well with only a few moments of telling too much history outside of the plot. Mostly though, this is a rather unforgettable story. I know I read it once before but for the life of me I couldn't remember anything about the plot except that Jeremy is mute and Mrs. Damer teachers Mariana sign language.
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