Having only read Ivanhoe out of the many novels written by Sir Walter Scott, I wanted to try another one, so I read through the descriptions and chose The Bride of Lammermoor. It is supposedly very different from his other works, both in style and length, being fairly short. Many people commented about how amusingly … Continue reading The Bride of Lammermoor and the Problem of Expectations
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I just finished a recently-published historical fiction novel, set in England in the time of Jane Austen and most of Georgette Heyer’s books. It had a great premise, but the execution was…flawed. And not for glaring historical flaws. The costumes, the plot events, and the characters had a studied feel to them. I felt like … Continue reading Back When We Still Cared
Andrea Lundgren 