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Title: Really quite a terrible book
Review: Rightly rejected by publishers, not once but twice, during the author's lifetime. Even as viewed in time and context, as a formulaic romantic novel, it falls short. The characters are wooden, the dialogue laughable, and the plot increasingly preposterous. Enjoyable only in the light of the author's later oeuvre - if you can imagine Jo, twirling a long false mustache, as she cackles with evil glee as the black-hearted villain, then you've gotten the spirit of the thing.
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