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For readers who love Edwardian romance and adventure, with drawing rooms, hidden pasts and social rules, and stories of secrets, identity and desire pulling against duty.
Che cos’è questo libro
The Lady Evelyn is a novel by Max Pemberton, the English writer who published adventure tales and romances in the late Victorian and Edwardian years. He wrote for a wide reading public, and his books were made to be followed with eager attention from chapter to chapter.
This summary gives you a sense of the kind of book it is, the habits of the author. Stories of this type deal with rank, secrets, identity and the pull of desire against duty. Let us begin with the world such a book belongs to.
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- 1Pemberton wrote for the popular readerFree
- 2Edwardian romance rests on rank and secrecy
- 3Identity and desire pull against duty
- 4How to enjoy a book of this kind
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Pemberton wrote for the popular reader
Max Pemberton belonged to the generation of British authors who made their name in magazines and in serial fiction. His readers wanted clear plots, vivid settings and a story that moved. He understood that taste well and wrote to meet it.
He was also an editor and a journalist, and that training shows in the way he thinks about an audience. A good chapter should leave the reader wanting the next one. That habit shaped much of his popular fiction.
When you open one of his books, expect plain storytelling rather than long reflection. The pleasure lies in situation, suspense and the way people behave under pressure.
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Questions about Lady Evelyn
Who wrote The Lady Evelyn?
The Lady Evelyn was written by Max Pemberton, an English novelist and journalist who died in 1950. He was best known for popular adventure fiction and romances published around the turn of the twentieth century.
What kind of book is The Lady Evelyn?
It is an Edwardian romance, a type of popular fiction that centres on love, rank and social expectation. Such books often use secrets and questions of identity to drive their plots.
When was The Lady Evelyn written?
It belongs to the Edwardian period of British writing, the early years of the twentieth century, when Pemberton was a busy and well-read author of popular novels.
Is The Lady Evelyn hard to read?
Pemberton wrote for a general audience, so his style is generally direct and built around plot.
What themes does an Edwardian romance usually have?
Common themes are class and rank, hidden pasts, questions of identity, and the conflict between personal desire and duty. These ideas give such stories their tension and their appeal.