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Fantomina: Or, Love In A Maze (1901)

by Eliza Haywood(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1554808839 (ISBN13: 9781554808830)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

ReadHowYouWant

review 1: This had me snickering in starbucks. A very short and pretty easy read, it's delightful terminology for lust and sex were amusing to me, as were "Fantomina's" antics. Never have I been so delighted by a person's lust an deceit. The narrator's voice was interesting to me, because it dealt, I felt, with what, at least then, would have been fairly serious and inappropriate subject matter in a rather lighthearted manner. The abrupt ending was to my taste, as well. Altogether oddly interesting.
review 2: I read this for university (I'm taking a class on 18th Century Literature) and as with many classic texts they can be a challenge; though isn't that part of why we read them?Its a short and interesting tale of a bored, London society girl. I imagine there were quite... more a lot of them at the time. Whats rather startling, once you come to realise it, is how she combats her boredom. Quite the little minx, but I can't help feeling Beauplaisir got a little of what he deserved.I read a copy of the original publication and unless you find reading historical language relatively easy (or fun?), I suggest getting a modern version of the text. Bookdepository.co.uk would be a good place to start. less

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