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| Original Title: | A Countess Below Stairs |
| ISBN: | 0142408654 (ISBN13: 9780142408650) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Anna Grazinsky, Rupert Frayne |
| Setting: | Wiltshire, England,1919(United Kingdom) |
Eva Ibbotson
Paperback | Pages: 383 pages Rating: 3.89 | 17934 Users | 1833 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Countess Below Stairs |
| Author | : | Eva Ibbotson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 383 pages |
| Published | : | May 10th 2007 by Speak (first published May 10th 1981) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Young Adult. Fiction. Historical Romance |
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After the Russian revolution turns her world topsy-turvy, Anna, a young Russian Countess, has no choice but to flee to England. Penniless, Anna hides her aristocratic background and takes a job as servant in the household of the esteemed Westerholme family, armed only with an outdated housekeeping manual and sheer determination. Desperate to keep her past a secret, Anna is nearly overwhelmed by her new duties—not to mention her instant attraction to Rupert, the handsome Earl of Westerholme. To make matters worse, Rupert appears to be falling for her as well. As their attraction grows stronger, Anna finds it more and more difficult to keep her most dearly held secrets from unraveling. And then there's the small matter of Rupert's beautiful and nasty fiancée...Rating Containing Books A Countess Below Stairs
Ratings: 3.89 From 17934 Users | 1833 ReviewsColumn Containing Books A Countess Below Stairs
I found myself not really giving a shit what happened to Anna. It's frustrating when an author writes a completely perfect character - Anna was an unspoiled, gracious child, and is a captivating, gracious adult. Everyone cannot help but be drawn to her beautiful spirit and beautiful face. Except for the evil, sure-to-become-a-total Nazi fiancee of Anna's love interest. The romance kind of irritated me, too. I understand it is, at its heart, a romance novel, but how much interaction did sheThe only reason it's 2 stars is because it was a semi-interesting plot. However...HOLY COMMAS, BATMAN!The woman does not know how to write a normal sentence unless it's dialogue. She'd have these sentences with about 10 (no joke, I counted one) modifying phrases all contained within commas. It was so distracting that when I finally got around to the end of the original thought, I couldn't remember what she was talking about. So I'd have to read the beginning of the sentence, skip the crud in
Of the three of her books that I've read, this was by far the best. (The other two were A Song For Summer and The Morning Gift.) For the first time, I actually felt for her main female character, and the entire cast of characters in this book were wonderful and memorable.
Rating: 4 starsI think I'll always enjoy Eva Ibbotson's writing. It's the kind of style that brings you back to classics, while still with that modern flair that makes it able to be read without too much thought. The pictures she paints, the characters she develops, are all so wonderful. Her books are lovely.When you're sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky.So let's forget for a moment how completely full of stereotypes this book was. From the angelic
This is one of my favorite romances with one of my all-time favorite authors.No bodice ripping, panting, squirming lady parts, etc, just a sweet, witty, well-written and often humorous romance with a great hero and heroine and a cast of secondary characters that add depth to the story.AnnaYou will see, Pinny, it will be all right. Already I have found a most beautiful book in your sisters room. It is called The Domestic Servants Compendium by Selina Strickland, and it has two thousand and three
The only reason I gave this book a two instead of a one is because despite the horrible writing style, I still managed to want to read it through to the end. The story, although very predictable, was cute and happily ending, as to be expected. Also, the fact that I am currently very into the tv show Downton Abbey kept me reading, as I used a lot of imagery from the show to imagine Westerholme and it's inner workings. However, if grammar and sentence structure matter greatly to you, I would not
Okay. This book was kind of a dissapointment to me. I felt really disconeccted from the story and like it was to narrarative. Like the author was telling the story herself, not through her charecters. I felt like I was getting a lot of uneccissery information about every body. And nothing was really developing in you mind as you read it, but it was all piled on you all at the same time. Like every time some one new came into the story, everything stopped while the author gave a biography on this
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