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Title: Tales of Angria
Series:
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Author: Charlotte Bronte
Rating:
1 of 5 Stars
Genre: Romance
Pages: DNF
10/786
Words: DNF 3k/227K
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Synopsis: |
From Wikipedia
In 1834, Charlotte Brontë and her brother Branwell created the imaginary kingdom of Angria in a series of tiny handmade books. Continuing their saga some years later, the five 'novelettes' in this volume were written by Charlotte when she was in her early twenties, and depict a aristocratic beau monde in witty, racy and ironic language. She creates an exotic, scandalous atmosphere of intrigue and destructive passions, with a cast ranging from the ageing rake Northangerland and his Byronic son-in-law Zamorna, King of Angria, to Mary Percy, Zamorna's lovesick wife, and Charles Townshend, the cynical, gossipy narrator. Together the tales provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind and creative processes of the young writer who was to become one of the world's great novelists.
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My Thoughts: |
When the story starts out with a heroine actively trying to emotionally seduce a married man, that was all it took for me to DNF this. I believe this is the last entry for Charlotte Bronte and my goodness, that is good. Outside of Jane Eyre and Villette, none of her stories have really stood up as far as I'm concerned.
It probably also didn't help that the last couple of books have both been 1stars, dnf's or both. Having three books in a row all be 1stars is wicked disheartening and the only thing I have to say is that the rest of the month better improve or I'll be writing some seriously inappropriate book reviews where I get mean and ugly.
Bleh.
★☆☆☆☆
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