Jane and the Unpleasantness of Scargrave Manor - Being the First Jane Austen Mystery
7 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by bluezwuzl from Altdorf (Niederbayern), Bayern Germany on Sunday, November 17, 2013
Jane Austen herself trying her best as a sleuth...
From the cover :"On a visit to the estate of her friend, the young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, Jane bears witness to a tragedy. Isobel's husband - a gentleman of mature years - is felled by a mysterious and agonizing ailment. The Earl's death seems a cruel blow of fate foe the newly married Isobel..."
This is an international bookring. The list of participants so far:
- Rochester74
- LilyKlip
- ...
- back to me, please
From the cover :"On a visit to the estate of her friend, the young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, Jane bears witness to a tragedy. Isobel's husband - a gentleman of mature years - is felled by a mysterious and agonizing ailment. The Earl's death seems a cruel blow of fate foe the newly married Isobel..."
This is an international bookring. The list of participants so far:
- Rochester74
- LilyKlip
- ...
- back to me, please
The book arrived safely yesterday. Thanks for sending :-)
I started reading this book and I have to get used to the stile.
The footnotes seem to be too many and often unnessessary. They do have a very educating character which seems to me the auther thinks the reader is dumb or unable to inform herself. But if it turns out, that the author used the footnotes to imply that this is an authentic historical document, than it would be kind of funny- but still anoying ;-)
Well, I only started reading- I will find out :-)
The footnotes seem to be too many and often unnessessary. They do have a very educating character which seems to me the auther thinks the reader is dumb or unable to inform herself. But if it turns out, that the author used the footnotes to imply that this is an authentic historical document, than it would be kind of funny- but still anoying ;-)
Well, I only started reading- I will find out :-)
Finally I finished :-)
I like the idea of Jane solving mysterys and I liked the plot. But I still do not really know what to think of the stile. First she uses vocabulay Jane Austen wouldn't have used and than she explains them throu footnotes. I guess an epilog would have done. In the beginning I mixed up all the male characters, which wasn't helpful at all.
I am not uninterested to read more of this mysteries some day, but I would'nt want to read them to soon.
The book is patiently waiting in my bookshelf for new orders :-)
I like the idea of Jane solving mysterys and I liked the plot. But I still do not really know what to think of the stile. First she uses vocabulay Jane Austen wouldn't have used and than she explains them throu footnotes. I guess an epilog would have done. In the beginning I mixed up all the male characters, which wasn't helpful at all.
I am not uninterested to read more of this mysteries some day, but I would'nt want to read them to soon.
The book is patiently waiting in my bookshelf for new orders :-)
I said I would wait for orders, but now there is a new name on the list, so I will mail this book tomorrow.
I didn't even get through chapter 2... The style seems totally awkward, the characters stereotypical and I just couldn't get into the story.
Thanks for sharing it anyway.
Thanks for sharing it anyway.
Reist nun zurück an Bluewuzl. Vielen Dank!
Received today as the first sentence book. Thank you!
Travelling as building in the title ring
You've found a travelling book. Hurray!
The book's journey continues by its finder's cooperation and creativity. By making a journal entry on this book, you can add to the book's story as it travels from reader to reader around the world.
Enjoy your reading!
Привет!
Спасибо, что нашли время зайти на сайт и сделать запись в журнале! Напишите, когда и где вы нашли книгу.
Перед тем, как попасть к Вам, она побывала в других уголках света. История ее путешествий записана на сайте, и теперь к ней добавился еще один пункт. Я очень рада, что она нашла нового читателя в Вашем лице.
You've found a travelling book. Hurray!
The book's journey continues by its finder's cooperation and creativity. By making a journal entry on this book, you can add to the book's story as it travels from reader to reader around the world.
Enjoy your reading!
Привет!
Спасибо, что нашли время зайти на сайт и сделать запись в журнале! Напишите, когда и где вы нашли книгу.
Перед тем, как попасть к Вам, она побывала в других уголках света. История ее путешествий записана на сайте, и теперь к ней добавился еще один пункт. Я очень рада, что она нашла нового читателя в Вашем лице.
Received today in "buildings" bookring.
Sent to the next person in the buildings bookring.
Taken from books with a building in the title.
As my TBR pile is massive it may take me a while to get to this.
As my TBR pile is massive it may take me a while to get to this.
Got to it at last!
I'm sorry but I just couldn't get into this the writing style was so difficult and not enjoyable.
I'm sorry but I just couldn't get into this the writing style was so difficult and not enjoyable.
Going into The Crime & Mystery Bookbox.
Arrived home in the Crime & Mystery bookbox 16/3/24.
A well travelled book already. I will have a quick look at this having read the journals below and see if I can get on with the style. If not, it may stay in the box for further travels.
A well travelled book already. I will have a quick look at this having read the journals below and see if I can get on with the style. If not, it may stay in the box for further travels.
