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Gary Knapton
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Written four years before Downton Abbey made TV. The Titanic meets Downton meets Wuthering Heights / Hannah reminding me of a tear-away young Catherine Earnshaw from the Brontë novel. The author has excellent Victorian vernacular, I’ll not gainsay it. And an eye for detail. Gosford Park. Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day. Get lost in the high tide of the fading British empire’s landed gentry. Good stuff.
— Sep 15, 2023 02:09AM
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Gary Knapton
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Austenian in its longing for female emancipation - at least in terms of self-determination - and with a whiff of House of Eliot - Downton in its setting. Gatsby in its timing. Titanic in the narrative device. I loved this. Emmeline is a Louise Brooks bright young thing. Or if you like your heroines fictional - Daisy Buchanan. Clever attention to detail. Very readable and lush if you’re a fan of the epoch.
— Oct 30, 2023 07:45AM
