![]() ![]() My favorite part were the detailed descriptions of the clothes, her room and tea. ![]() Although Emily really isn´t my kind of heroine, I also couldn´t resist the charm of this story and wishing Emily well. So when the Marquis proposes to her, it´s really like a fairy tale ending, except that this is not the end. ![]() Every woman at the party is after becoming his Marchioness, except for selfless Emily who is busy wishing this good fortune on someone else. At a party of Lady Maria´s, which she is only attending because she is to help with preparations and whatnot, Emily meets the Marquis, Lord Walderhurst. Because Emily is not very clever but very good, she does not realize that she is basically being exploited. To support herself she acts as a companion to rich ladies and helps them with whatever needs to be done. When I started reading, I had no idea that this edition actually combines two parts, and so was very surprised how after a Cinderella-esque first part, the story turned very melodramatic.Įmily Fox-Seton is a spinster in her thirties (just writing this is weird!), and although she is from a good family, she is quite poor. ![]() Also, my brain doesn´t seem to produce coherent thoughts over 30☌.Įnough with the complaining □ The Making of a Marchioness was my first Persephone book, and I enjoyed it a lot. I´m only typing this one now to delay getting started on my uni workload. I´m terribly behind on reviews, and they are probably going to be shorter and shorter if I do write them. ![]()
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