Review: Written in 1883 and since then 14 editions have been published
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
Because this was written in 1883 it may not be the style some of you will like.  As for me I simply skimmed over some of the lengthy descriptive paragraphs.The author is writing of a time when the class you were born into meant so much.  To be born in a higher class - Lords, Earls, etc. meant you had to uphold your family honor or suffer social degradation.  And believing the lie that his new wife's 'father; was a criminal caused him to move her to the dower house for her to live as Wife In Name Only.  But this doesn't even happen until chapter XXVI - therefore there was much that happened before this & yet prepares you for what occurs after this chapter.Overall, this book has Joy, Sadness, Regrets, Sorrow, Death, Love, Romance, and Suspense - I spent my Saturday reading this book because I couldn't put it down.This is a very Clean story - nor Christian as we think of scriptures and praising God & seeking to live for Him, yet it does mention God and Heaven a few times.  And I am glad I read it and feel it was very well written for that time - 1883.