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In a world of careful manners, what happens when the heart refuses to go where anyone sends it?
Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton takes you into Victorian drawing rooms and country houses, where polite behavior keeps strong feelings just beneath the surface. Love meets the rules of society at dinners, dances and country visits. What people hope for and what their hearts choose are not always the same.
Broughton explores love and rivalry with a sharp eye and a dry sense of humor. The title hints at matchmaking and meddling, but affection resists easy direction. Quick sentences, lively dialogue and an amused narrator bring warmth to a world where manners shape every encounter and feelings refuse to stay simple.
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- Feelings beneath the manners Look beneath polite behavior to find the strong emotions it keeps out of sight.
- Love beyond anyone's plans Explore the gap between where people direct affection and where it chooses to go.
- Rivalry with a smile Discover how competing hopes give this romance its tension and its dry humor.
- A sharp, warm voice Enjoy lively dialogue and a narrator whose amused eye stays close to the heart.
- The drawing-room world Step into country houses where social rules shape meetings and love complicates careful manners.
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For readers who enjoy Victorian manners, brisk social comedy and love stories with a dry sense of humor.
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- A romance from a sharp-eyed writer
- Love is never simple in polite society
- Rivalry and the surprises of the heart
- A voice that is witty and warm
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Dottor Cupido
by Rhoda Broughton· 1886
In Victorian drawing rooms, love upsets careful plans as rivalry and hidden feelings test polite manners.
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A romance from a sharp-eyed writer
Rhoda Broughton was born in Wales and was a niece of the Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu. She began publishing in the 1860s, and her early novels, such as Cometh Up as a Flower, startled some readers with their outspoken young heroines. They spoke about desire and disappointment more openly than many readers of the day expected.
By the time she wrote Doctor Cupid, her manner had grown lighter and more amused. Her books of this later period lean on comedy, on quick talk and on close watching of how people behave when they are in love and trying to hide it. The title itself is a joke, since Cupid is the god of love, and a doctor is someone who claims to cure what ails you.
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Who wrote Doctor Cupid?
Doctor Cupid was written by Rhoda Broughton, a Welsh-born Victorian novelist. She is known for romances that mix feeling with sharp social comedy, and she also wrote Cometh Up as a Flower and Red as a Rose Is She.
What kind of book is Doctor Cupid?
It is a Victorian romance novel. Books of this type follow love, courtship and rivalry among families and friends, with close attention to manners, money and the feelings people try to hide in polite company.
Why is the book called Doctor Cupid?
Cupid is the Roman god of love, and doctor suggests someone who treats an ailment. The title joins the two for comic effect, hinting at a figure who meddles with matters of the heart.
The author
Rhoda Broughton
1840–1920 · Welsh novelist
Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920) was a Welsh novelist born in Denbigh, Wales. She lived in Oxford and later in Headington, where she died. Her first novels appeared in 1867. She wrote Nancy, published in 1873, and Doctor Cupid, published in 1886. She continued publishing novels into the twentieth century.
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