A very old "Chic Flick" book.
How do you say, ' a waste of time' or 'appeals to the women readers'? in Romanian,
O pierdere de timp
O carte care face apel la femei  thanks G translate.

This is the original Gothic romance novel. It is easy to see how "Interview with the Vampire" and the "Twilight Series" books, (both written by women) came from.
While the prose is  a delight to read and the supporting descriptions and details prove the quality of the writing, this book is a let down. I grew up wondering how good this book was and see it is much ado about nothing. I suppose for it's time it was shocking and scandalous but by today's standards just anti-climactic. My greatest curiosity is who read the book when it was first published? I thought women were not sent to school in the 1890's so how many women could read this book and would have had the cash to buy a copy?
A very old "Chic Flick" book. How do you say, ' a waste of time' or 'appeals to the women readers'? in Romanian,
O pierdere de timp
O carte care face apel la femei  thanks G translate. This is the original Gothic romance novel. It is easy to see how "Interview with the Vampire" and the "Twilight Series" books, (both written by women) came from. While the prose is  a delight to read and the supporting descriptions and details prove the quality of the writing, this book is a let down. I grew up wondering how good this book was and see it is much ado about nothing. I suppose for it's time it was shocking and scandalous but by today's standards just anti-climactic. My greatest curiosity is who read the book when it was first published? I thought women were not sent to school in the 1890's so how many women could read this book and would have had the cash to buy a copy?