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goodreadsTitle: The Rosary
Author: Florence L. Barclay
Genre: Classics, Romance
Rating: 4/5
# pages: Audiobook, 389 pages
Date read: February 2007, August 2008, October 2023
"The Rosary" tells the story of Jane Champion and Garth Dalmain. The Honourable Jane is plain, smart, and fiercely loyal. Garth is artistic, sensitive, and exceedingly handsome. After years of friendship, one night Garth hears Jane sing for the first time, and “the veil is lifted” to him. He declares his love to her, but Jane does not believe his love will last. Then things get interesting.
The Rosary is one of those wonderful but unfortunately completely overlooked books. It deserves to rank as high as books by Jane Austen, L.M. Alcott, Charlotte Bronte and L.M. Montgomery, yet few people have ever heard of it. Such a shame because it is one of the most beautiful and romantic books I've ever read. Florence L. Barclay paints very vivid pictures for her readers and makes the book impossible to put down. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Reread 2023: Hadn't realized it had been 11 years since I read this last!
The last half is by far the best - I do love reading about Jane as Rosemary Grey - but it baffles me that nobody seems to mind that she deceived Garth in that way by pretending to be somebody else. It's just... glossed over as being completely inconsequential.
Ah well. Still a beautiful story... if a bit over the top in some places.
Unfortunately it's very difficult to find the book except through second-hand bookstores. However, it's available as an e-book through Project Gutenberg here and as an audiobook through Librivox here - both absolutely free for your enjoyment! [/Shameless plug]
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Author: Florence L. Barclay
Genre: Classics, Romance
Rating: 4/5
# pages: Audiobook, 389 pages
Date read: February 2007, August 2008, October 2023
"The Rosary" tells the story of Jane Champion and Garth Dalmain. The Honourable Jane is plain, smart, and fiercely loyal. Garth is artistic, sensitive, and exceedingly handsome. After years of friendship, one night Garth hears Jane sing for the first time, and “the veil is lifted” to him. He declares his love to her, but Jane does not believe his love will last. Then things get interesting.
The Rosary is one of those wonderful but unfortunately completely overlooked books. It deserves to rank as high as books by Jane Austen, L.M. Alcott, Charlotte Bronte and L.M. Montgomery, yet few people have ever heard of it. Such a shame because it is one of the most beautiful and romantic books I've ever read. Florence L. Barclay paints very vivid pictures for her readers and makes the book impossible to put down. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Reread 2023: Hadn't realized it had been 11 years since I read this last!
The last half is by far the best - I do love reading about Jane as Rosemary Grey - but it baffles me that nobody seems to mind that she deceived Garth in that way by pretending to be somebody else. It's just... glossed over as being completely inconsequential.
Ah well. Still a beautiful story... if a bit over the top in some places.
Unfortunately it's very difficult to find the book except through second-hand bookstores. However, it's available as an e-book through Project Gutenberg here and as an audiobook through Librivox here - both absolutely free for your enjoyment! [/Shameless plug]
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