"Nancy: A Novel" by Rhoda Broughton is a captivating story set in the 19th century about the Grey family and their spirited daughter, Nancy. We're immediately immersed in the Grey's fun house as Nancy and her siblings create a whirlwind of taffy and teen sentiments. Sir Roger Tempest, an older family friend, enters the picture and puts a wrench in the gears, and makes Nancy to rethink her vision on love, while battling feelings about him and the prospect of marrying this older man, who actually knew her father. The novel is filled with comedy, insights into family connections, and the study of love that overcomes age.
Nancy: A Novel
By Rhoda Broughton
In a boisterous family, a young woman hilariously struggles with love when an older acquaintance could become her suitor.
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2004-05-01
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About the AuthorRhoda Broughton was a Welsh novelist and short story writer. Her early novels earned a reputation for sensationalism, so that her later, stronger work tended to be neglected by critics, although she was called a queen of the circulating libraries. Her novel Dear Faustina (1897) has been noted for its homoeroticism. Her novel Lavinia (1902) depicts a seemingly "unmanly" young man, who wishes he had been born as a woman. Broughton descended from the Broughton baronets, as a granddaughter of the 8th baronet. She was a niece of Sheridan le Fanu, who helped her to start her literary career. She was a long-time friend of fellow writer Henry James and was noted for her adversarial relationship with both Lewis Carroll and Oscar Wilde.
Rhoda Broughton was a Welsh novelist and short story writer. Her early novels earned a reputation for sensationalism, so that her later, stronger work tended to be neglected by critics, although she was called a queen of the circulating libraries. Her novel Dear Faustina (1897) has been noted for its homoeroticism. Her novel Lavinia (1902) depicts a seemingly "unmanly" young man, who wishes he had been born as a woman. Broughton descended from the Broughton baronets, as a granddaughter of the 8th baronet. She was a niece of Sheridan le Fanu, who helped her to start her literary career. She was a long-time friend of fellow writer Henry James and was noted for her adversarial relationship with both Lewis Carroll and Oscar Wilde.
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