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eBook available: Wild Margaret

columbusIt has been a good week for proofreading projects, with another one completing today: Wild Margaret, by Geraldine Fleming, which is actually a misattributed reprint of His Guardian Angel; or, Wild Margaret by once-famous British novelist, Charles Garvice.

Wild Margaret effectively demonstrates both why Garvice was so popular in his day and also why he has since been forgotten. The book has a certain charm to it, both through a distinctly British tone to its narration and through dialogue that displays at least slightly more wit and playfulness than is found in many other romances of the same period. Unfortunately, these favorable features do not overcome the limitations of the novel. The titular heroine, though given some self-sufficiency and periodically described as having a history of being “wild” or “madcap,” generally displays all the wildness of a house plant. The hero, though superficially appealing, is hard to sympathize with due to his all-around foolishness. The fairly simple plot doesn’t hold a candle to the more outrageous works of Mrs. Miller; it’s a very familiar “lovers meet, are separated, suffer, and are reunited” affair with relatively few surprises.

If you want to see all this for yourself, you can read the entire book online (or download it in a variety of popular formats) at Project Gutenberg.


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