Purchased for BBC.

I finished this one on the way to the Charleston UnConvention, but wasn't willing to release it as it might be part of my permanent library.

I marked a million pages, and may comment on them one day, but for the time being, here's what I wrote on the BBC blog:

So I finally finished on my way to Charleston. It's fascinating to me how this book gets more and more interesting and easier to read the farther into you get.

I'm also highly intrigued at having both a famous opening and closing. How often does that happen?

Last, and most important (to me, anyway), I was thrilled with the ending. I loved that the indefatigueable Miss Pross got to handle such a critical role, and I also liked the accidental nature of it. You guys (the club) were right about how bloodthirsty Madame LaFarge was. What a great word for her!

Yay for Styver, striving to do good, and yay for great escapes.

Am looking forward to reading the Sparks Notes, as I wonder if any other names were so obvious as Stryver and Lorry. Well, there's The Vengeance, but that's a gimme.