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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Not quite 'published fan fiction', because Jean Marsh also co-created the BBC series, but the same uneven quality of writing, with added smut, improbable backstories and laughable dialogue that most novelisations suffer from. Jack Maddox is still a darling, and Molly the Irish maid is amusing, so I can probably forgive Jean Marsh her fit of watershed-free 'sexing up'. Set in the early 1920s, sisters Beatrice and Evangeline Eliott are left penniless after the death of their father, and must look for work (shock horror!) Bea gets the job of managing handsome and debonair society photographer Jack Maddox - I had a massive crush on him when I was eleven, and I think I still do! - and innocent, impressionable Evie drifts from one romantic calling to the next, including 'dancing partner' and missionary worker. The only real talent the sisters have is in designing and making their own clothes, and soon they have society ladies and 'bright young things' paying them to be daring and creative. Improbable and flimsy as the premise of a television show, ridiculous romance fodder in novel form, but oh so entertaining! No pretty clothes to ogle, of course, but there's still Jack, dear Jack. Top notch! sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Two sisters fight to assert themselves after being plunged into devastating poverty following their father's death. Luckily, their natural flair for design soon finds them in demand as dressmakers. Beatrice is the elder and apparently wiser of the two, who considers herself plain and unmarriageable and whose relationship with society photographer, Jack Maddox, is seared with conflict and doubt. Her younger sister is Evangeline, ravishingly beautiful, the victim of chancers, philanderers and rogues - but most of all the victim of her own desires. Throughout all their private turmoils, their professional goal is constant: to establish a fashion house in London to rival any in Paris. Based on the massively successful television series created by Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins, this is the full story of Beatrice and Evangeline, and of the strength and triumph, bitterly made decisions and anguishes that accompanied the rise of The House of Eliott. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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It's not a bad read, adds a little to the women's characters but overall pretty predictable. ( )