About this title: Set in York at the end of the 19th century, this is a novel about three interwoven lives - Louisa Elliott and her cousin Edward, tied by family affection and Edward's love for her, and divided by the married man that Louisa loves and elopes with, only to find herself abandoned and outcast.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780809242900ISBN:0809242907
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Light edge and corner wear. No marks. Very light shelf wear. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 650 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780809242900ISBN:0809242907
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Light edge and corner wear on dj. Light shelf wear. No marks. Tight binding. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 650 p. Audience: General/trade. No international shipping on this item. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780809242900ISBN:0809242907
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Nice hard cover, lightly read, some shelf wear & aging to dust jacket, aging to pages, stk #2614e9. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 650 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books (Mm)
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780380709915ISBN:0380709910
Description: Good. B-Spine is slightly creased. Covers show wear. Good reading copy. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books (Mm)
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780380709915ISBN:0380709910
Description: Good. CT-Spine is well creased. Covers show wear a the edges and corners. Average Reading copy. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780809242900ISBN:0809242907
Description: Good in Good jacket. Good in Good jacket Good in Very Good jacket Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. D/J has protector. Light edgewear. Cover and spine of book show some minor edgewear. Insides of covers and first few pages have typical library markings and stickers. Pages are clean with no creases. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 650 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 1-Jul-90
ISBN-13:9780380709915ISBN:0380709910
Description: Very Good. Great book! Mild shelf wear on cover, lightly aged pages, no markings. From Publishers Weekly: ""This is a savory, intricately wrought tale of a tangled romantic triangle in repressed Victorian England....Though the plot sometimes creaks and slows, "" wrote PW, ""the novel is carried by Roberts's evocative imagery, which immerses the reader in both the splendor and poverty of the gaslit, cobblestoned Victorian era. ""Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. read more
Description: Very Good. 0380709910 Great condition paperback book, clean pages, some creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780809242900ISBN:0809242907
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 650 p. Audience: General/trade. very light wear to dj edges, small tear to dj at spine, text in very good cond, clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books (Mm), Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780380709915ISBN:0380709910
Description: Fine. 0380709910 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in like new condition, some very minor shelf wear, no rips or tears. _ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books (Mm), Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780380709915ISBN:0380709910
Description: Good. 0380709910 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books (Mm), Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780380709915ISBN:0380709910
Description: Good. 0380709910 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780380709915ISBN:0380709910
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. tape on bottom of spine, black mark on top pages read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Contemporary Books, Chicago
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780809242900ISBN:0809242907
Description: Good. 1989 Hardback with d/j good condition. ex library. Thanks for looking at our books we ship fast and we guarantee books we sell. read more
All in all, this was a good read. BUT . . . there is a definite EW! factor in this book as it relates in part with a passionate love between first cousins.
That said, this book is about Louisa and her love affair first with Robert. Robert's wife, Charlotte, is always lurking in the background as she is mad and placed in an asylum. So, Louisa is Robert's paramour and while she is content with this for quite some time, one day she says "enough is enough" and she leaves and you know what . . . she actually does too. That is an amazing feat to have happen in a book which is supposed to take place in the pre-Victorian days.
But, the EW! factor is always at play in this book, too. Louisa's lecherous first cousin, Edward, is so completely in love with her that he waits patiently while she lives her life. I will tell you that Edward and Louisa do come together in the end and that might be off-putting to some potential readers. However, if you will remember that this actually did take place in the timeframe in which the story is written, you can just say "EW!" and give a shudder and move on.
While not a great story, it is a good book to while away a few days' time."
"I really enjoy this book. I find myself gravitating to it every summer. Nothing too deep, but the characters are likeable and I found myself caring about what happens to them (even though I know)and understanding how they got themselves in the messes their lives become and the final resolution is satisfying."
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