Misfortune

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Victorian dandy Lord Geoffroy Loveall is faced with a dilemma As heir apparent to Love Hall, he must produce an heir of his own but his obsessive love for his long dead sister has rendered him a paralytic in matters of the heart Adding to Geoffroy s troubles is his difficult mother, Lady Loveall, who mercilessly castigates her effeminate son, and a circling mob of greedy relatives anxious to wrest Love Hall from his grasp.Then, a miracle occurs As his carriage passes a trash dump, Geoffroy spies an abandoned baby in the jaws of a cur He saves the child, names her Rose, and declares her his rightful heir The shock fells Lady Loveall on the spot, and Rose becomes the pampered daughter of Lord Loveall and his bride of convenience, the resident librarian Anonyma This joyful period lasts until Rose s adolescence, when it becomes increasingly difficult to hide the one great secret of Love Hall namely, that Rose, now in the position of fending off suitors for her titled hand, is in fact a boy Rose s whiskers, deepening voice, and affection for the daughter of a courtier have not gone unnoticed Armed with the new revelation, the Loveall s unscrupulous relatives launch a coup, and a desperately confused Rose is cast adrift until he finds the renewed vitality that comes from the love of true family and realizes that he can and must go home. Free Read [ Misfortune ] by [ Wesley Stace ] – kino-fada.fr Did you ever wonder what Dickens would be like if there wasgender confusion and hand jobs Well if you did then this novel could put your mind at rest If you didn t ever wonder about those things then maybe you ll just read this book and enjoy the story as being a fun English nov...I am completely blown away by Mr Stace s ability to completely envelop a character and make the character LIVE Now I am eagerly looking forward to readingof his work.Misfortune is a truly engaging and titillating story A boy raised as a girl by an asexual man and his literary wife What will happen when puberty rears its ugly head What indeed T...I m reviewing this book mainly because it s one of my favorite books of all time and I think it s horribly underrated.Disclaimer I m a sucker for Victorian and pseudo Victorian foundling stories This is that But it s so muchIt s a story of love of literature, research, lost and found identities, and friendship and love.The elements of body horror and gender discovery may be too much for some, but it s all very tastefully done The prose alone is gorgeous and the plot structure is impec I m reviewing this book mainly because it s one of my favorite books of all time and I think it s horribly underrated.Disclaimer I m a sucker for Victorian and pseudo Victorian foundling stories This is that But it s so muchIt s a story of love of literature, research, lost and found identities, and friendship and love.The elements of body horror and gender discovery may be too much for some, but it s all very tastefully done The prose alone is gorgeous a...A young baby boy is being thrown out with the trash Unwanted and alone a chance of fate has him picked up by the richest Lord in the land, Lord Loveall Lord Loveall has been mourning all his life for his dear departed sister and when he sees this baby he assumes it to be female and a chance to have his sister back But Lord Loveall can t just miraculously have an heir, a quick marriage is arranged with his sister s old governess, Anonyma, who has stayed on as librarian at Love Hall to catalog A young baby boy is being thrown out with the trash Unwanted and alone a chance of fate has him picked up by the richest Lord in the land, Lord Loveall Lord Loveall has been mourning all his life for his dear departed sister and when he sees this baby he assumes it to be female and a chance to have his sister back But Lord Loveall can t just miraculously have an heir, a quick marriage is arranged with his sister s old governess, Anonyma, who has stayed on as librarian at Love Hall to catalog the works of her icon, the poetess Mary Day Anonyma agrees to raising Rose female because the poetess had some interesting theories on gender and Anonyma sees it as an experiment For many years they a...I am so conflicted by this book On one hand, I found the exploration of gender absolutely fascinating, and the character s eventual resting place no spoilers extremely satisfying I loved the discussion of nature vs nurture, and the assertion that it s not as clear cut as advocates of EITHER side would have us believe I loved the ambiguity of it all.Unfortunately, I found the plot and pacing a little bit lacking Other readers have noted that the middle bit is rather ponderous, weighed down I am so conflicted by this book On one hand, I found the exploration of gender absolutely fascinating, and the character s eventual resting place no spoilers extremely satisfying I loved the discussion of nature vs nurture, and the assertion that it s not as clear cut as advocates of EITHER side would have us believe I loved the ambiguity of it all.Unfortunately, I found the plot and pacing a little bit lacking Other readers have noted that the middle bit is rather ponderous, weighed down by introspection that goes nowhere the jump from normal narration to what s essentially stream of consciousness is extremely jarring , and it s true I also found a few word choices questionable in their effectiveness.Exposition was also handle...Confused gender identity, English humor sometimes very clever and sometimes quite slow paced While I enjoyed the writing style and the overall plot, the latter portion of the book isn t constructed as well as the first Oh, but I did enjoy it, and was disturbed by it.This is one of the best contemporary novels that I have read in a long time, and I would recommend it to anyone It certainly possesses that 19th century classic novel feel, with the woven complications and the aristocratic concerns However, this book is just strange enough to keep itself from falling into a classic remake This isn t a parody this is taking familiar Victorian ideals and settings while discussing contemporary issues This is a wonderful book to add to the mix of LGBTQ discussi This is one of the best contemporary novels that I have read in a long time, and I would recommend it to anyone It certainly possesses that 19th century classic novel feel, with the woven complications and the aristocratic concerns However, this book is just strange enough to keep itself from falling into a classic r...I was looking forward to reading this book, thinking of it as a kind of treat For the most part, it wasn t How dare this book not be fun For starters, take that title at its word Then don t be taken in by the first chapter It s not in keeping with the rest of the book There is a point of view switch and a shift in storytelling style, and it s all downhill from there Often the book wallows in the dreary and the boring and that makes for some tedious reading The protagonist spends big chun I was looking forward to reading this book, thinking of it as a kind of treat For the most part, it wasn t How dare this book not be fun For starters, take that title at its word Then don t be taken in by the first chapter It s not in keeping with the rest of the book There is a point of view switch and a shift in storytelling style, and it s all downhill from there Often the book wallows in the dreary and the boring and that makes for some tedious reading The protagonist spends big chunks of the book in a depression I did not enjoy joining him there for so long For some reason the book rushes through the good stuff so it can get to the boring stuff that much quicker Then there is the mystery of Rose s parentage which takes up the last part of the book First, I didn t care about it, and when the resolution came, I cared even less What s good about Misfortune The happy ending a long time in co...This was a very interesting book to say the least About a very, very odd, wealthy man who finds a baby boy in a garbage heap and raises him as a girl in remembrance of his dead sister who he never quite got over I think this was in the mid 1800s Unfortunately the boy, named Rose, doesn t realize that he is a girl until he is 17 years old, and can t understand why he needs to shave, amongst other things, that his girl friends don t have to do Really though, the way they explain everything it This was a very interesting book to say the least About a very, very odd, wealthy man who finds a baby boy in a garbage heap and raises him as a girl in remembrance of his dead sister who he never quite got over I think this was in the mid 1800s Unfortunately the boy, named Rose, doesn t realize that he is a girl until he is 17 years old, and can t u...I loved it and I became very frustrated with this book The detail was mind boggling, and some parts of the book could have been left out, and the story could have been told Maybe if I had listened to it on CD...

Misfortune
  • English
  • 08 July 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 531 pages
  • 0316830348
  • Wesley Stace
  • Misfortune