But by night, she writes very different kinds of stories-the Penny Dreadfuls that are all the rage among the working-class men. “ Elizabeth Black is the headmistress of a girls’ school and a well-respected author of “silver-fork” novels, stories written both for and about the upper-class ladies of Victorian society. Here’s the synopsis for you (from goodreads) before I squeal with excitement without you guys knowing anything about the book. This story was as clean as a christian romance novel – actually, cleaner than some – without any preaching obviously. Sorry, I’m just a little excited about this. Could it possibly mean that it’s a clean love story?! It’s titled a Proper Romance (if you want to know more about them, click here), and that of course, called to me too. Just in case you didn’t catch that by my opening statement… This was one of those on the new-arrivals shelf at the library the other day and its gorgeous cover and intriguing synopsis pulled me in and I decided to try it. And I always, inevitably, end up feeling proud of myself. I’m back here on SGL for a review of a completely unexpected new favorite book! Not only that, but it was printed this year – 2019- and if you’ve been around here for a while, you probably know that it’s very rare when I read a book in the same year it was printed.
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