Colleen McCullough
Hardcover | Pages: 189 pages Rating: 3.69 | 3840 Users | 424 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Ladies of Missalonghi |
| ISBN: | 0060157399 (ISBN13: 9780060157395) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Una, Alicia Marshall, Lavinia (Augusta's daughter), John Smith (Colleen McCullough), Augusta, Buttercup, Antonia Wyndham, Wallace, Portia (McCullough), Marcia, Ted Marshall, Richard Hacket, Drusilla Hurlingford Wright, Octavia Hurlingford, Denys Hurlingford, Missy Wright, Maxwell Hurlingford, Livilla Hurlingford, Sir William Hurlingford, Aurelia Hurlingford Marshall, Thomas Hurlingford, Walter Hurlingford, Herbert Hurlingford, Septimus Hurlingford, Julia Hurlingford, Roger Hurlingford Witherspoon, Percival Hurlingford, Nikos Theodoropoulos, Eustace Wright, Old Man Wright, Montgomery Massey, Edmund Marshall, Randolph Marshall, Cornelia, William Hurlingford, Lady Billy, James Hurlingford, Dr. Neville Hurlingford, Mrs. Neville Hurlingford, Sir William Hurlingford the Third, Junia, Malcolm Hurlingford, Dr. George Parkinson, Anastasia Gilroy, Frank Pellagrino, Reverend Dr. Cecil Hurlingford, Mrs. Cecil Hurlingford, Quintus Hurlingford, Marcus Hurlingford |
| Setting: | Missalonghi, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Blue Mountains, New South Wales(Australia) …more Katoomba, New South Wales(Australia) Jamieson Valley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales(Australia) Grose Valley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales(Australia) Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales(Australia) Caroline Lamb Place, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Central Station, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Gordon Road, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) George Street, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Hurlingford Hotel, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Mon Repos, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Noel Street, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Nepean-Hawkesbury, New South Wales(Australia) Balmoral Beach, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Bridge Street, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Hotel Metropole, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Katoomba Street, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) …less |
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Sometimes fairy tales can come true--even for plain, shy spinsters like Missy Wright. Neither as pretty as cousin Alicia nor as domineering as mother Drusilla, she seems doomed to a quiet life of near poverty at Missalonghi, her family's pitifully small homestead in Australia's Blue Mountains. But it's a brand new century--the twentieth--a time for new thoughts and bold new actions. And Missy Wright is about to set every self-righteous tongue in the town of Byron wagging. Because she has just set her sights on a mysterious, mistrusted, and unsuspecting stranger... who just might be Prince Charming in disguise.
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| Title | : | The Ladies of Missalonghi |
| Author | : | Colleen McCullough |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 189 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 1987 by HarperCollins Publishers (first published 1987) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Cultural. Australia. Historical Romance |
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Ratings: 3.69 From 3840 Users | 424 ReviewsRate About Books The Ladies of Missalonghi
Thirty-three-year-old Missy lives with her impoverished widowed mother and crippled aunt on the edge of the town of Byron. The town was founded by Missy's great-grandfather Hurlingford, and their system of inheritance favors the males in the family. Missy is considered a plain spinster always dressed in drab brown dresses. Then a new librarian introduces her to romantic novels, and Missy longs for romance and a more exciting life. When handsome John Smith buys property nearby, Missy thinks heThis Kindle version was deceptive as it actually finished at 75%, with the final quarter of the book a preview of McCullough's Bittersweet.I started off liking it, and couldn't wait to find out what would happen and how Missy would eventually end up either emancipating herself or being treated like a child until her mother and aunt dropped off the perch. From somewhere, quite under described, Missy gains spirit and feist.So whilst it started off quite wonderful, it then rushed on implausibly to
Regular followers of my blog will already know how much I love The Ladies of Missalonghi. It's not only a deliciously light, confectionery offering of a book, it's also a murky story mired down in a controversy involving plagiarism and L. M. Montgomery's The Blue Castle.Both novels can be seen as fairly classic examples of the romance genre - with a down trodden, plain heroine-to-be, a family that gets in her way/puts her down/hides her away, a mysterious, stranger hero-to-be, a misunderstanding
This is one of my favorite books. I've read it at least a dozen times. A novelette, it can really be read in one sitting. I'd call it a bonbon book, but one that makes you feel good. Whenever I need a lift, out pops this book.
Shortly after The Ladies of Missalonghi was published the author was criticized for plagiarizing the book from one published nearer the turn of the last century, The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery, of Anne of Green Gables Fame. I have not read the latter book and cannot comment further on the allegation. McCullough claimed the book may have been a distant but forgotten memory. Reading the description of The Blue Castle in Wikipedia, I am not convinced that plagiarism is a completely valid
This is NOT AT ALL my type of book. And most of you will know Colleen McCullough for her book, The Thorn Birds. This book, I think is unlike most of her books which are very long and very saga drama like. This is a very simple story. Old fashioned. And lovely. I think the main character actually "swoons" at some point in the book and I just found it to be completely endearing. It deserves all five stars. The owner of the used bookstore I frequent and have for years actually recommended this book
I don't know why I love this book so much. It's well written of course but it's not a huge gripping epic like so many other of her books. It's about a small town and the small town people living there. But it's just great. For those who like Colleen McCullough's writing, if you haven't read this then give it a go; it won't take you very long and it's a really sweet read in its own slightly disturbing way.I note some reviews absolutely hated this book and explain clearly why (without spoiler
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