About this title: The TreMellyn family, with its dark secrets and early clifftop home, filled Martha with foreboding. Three governesses before her had left; and the neighbours and servants were full of hints and half confidences.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Reader's Digest
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, some shelf wear to cover, light creases on spine, bend on back cover, yellowing to pages, stk #2489t8. 141 p. Includes illustrations. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. SAME ISBN NUMBER, 1960? , DIFFERENT COVER, NEVER READ, SHELF WEAR, VERY READABLE. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Height: 7.0 in Width: 4.3 in read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780312384159ISBN:0312384157
Description: Very Good. Just light wear. No markings of any kind. Overall, very good or perhaps better copy! Small business. Personal service. Thanks for looking! : -) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1962
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1962
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
"This book kind of smacks of Rebecca/Jane Eyre -- a mysterious house with a tragic past. The girl is sent as a governess, but falls deeply in love with the master of the house, etc. BUT, I am a sucker for that kind of story, and, while I have my doubts about the ability of a previously total philanderer to become a devoted and faithful spouse ultra quicly, I still thought it had a good ending and really enjoyed the read."
"This is my first Victoria Holt book (I guess she's a famous romance/ mystery author?). I liked how it was written, it's a good mystery and it definitely creeped me out at times. I wish there was a little more development with the love story, but I liked it enough to try some of her other books."
"This book reminded me of Jane Eyre which is a favourite, and I loved that the ending was able to surprise me. Not as well written as Jane Eyre, but still a great enjoyable read. I had a hard time putting it down."
"A fairly predictable book that closely resembles Jane Eyre's plot, Mistress of Mellyn was still an enjoyable read, especially if one is looking for a book that is considered a "romance" novel minus the gratuitous sex scenes. What I really liked about the book was that it had a distinct "old school" feel to it, which is probably because it was published nearly fifty years ago. It didn't hurt that I read a forty year old copy of Mistress of Mellyn that I had borrowed from the library. It had been re-bound, according to the stamp on the inside front cover, in 1969 and it had a great library/old book smell to it."
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