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A Quiet Adjustment: A Novel (2008)

by Benjamin Markovits(Favorite Author)

2.89 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0393067009 (ISBN13: 9780393067002)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: To be fair, I only read a few chapters. I normally love historical novels, but the writing in this was just so pompous and pretentious that I couldn't continue. From the first page: "It was March, a bright cold day, and the ashy remains of her night's fire gave off a surprising sullen heat, for which she was not ungrateful." Well, of course - if it's cold, why would you be ungrateful for heat? Also, "The invitation itself had a kind of bullying brevity, which left little scope for demurral."The main character takes four pages to debating whether or not to attend a party. YAWN.
review 2: Another Byron book, but narrated from the point of view of Lady Byron before, during their marriage and after their separation. I couldn't stop reading this even though th... moree language drove me bonkers. I know it is probable that people talked in this very indirect flowery way at that time, but it irritated me. Much of this book concentrates on Byron's relationship with his sister and the scandal this provoked. less

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