- Paperback
- Publisher: Bantam Books (Jan 1 1978)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553115952
- ISBN-13: 978-0553115956
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.4 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Cartland
Aug 6 2012
By Chocopie DX
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Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book has everything you would expect in a Barbara Cartland story: a handsome but badly-behaved hero, a beautiful, downtrodden heroine (with pansy-coloured eyes!), a few terribly common actresses and some dastardly villains thrown in for good measure.
Like most of Dame Barbara's books, it is sweet, romantic and a happy ending is guaranteed. Wonderful for some light reading or a nostalgia trip back to a simpler time when romance books ended with a kiss and the rest was left to the reader's imagination.
I think the list price is quite high, especially considering that there are 500 books in this collection. I'm sure Kindle readers would appreciate being able to purchase discounted bundles as each book is quite short.
Like most of Dame Barbara's books, it is sweet, romantic and a happy ending is guaranteed. Wonderful for some light reading or a nostalgia trip back to a simpler time when romance books ended with a kiss and the rest was left to the reader's imagination.
I think the list price is quite high, especially considering that there are 500 books in this collection. I'm sure Kindle readers would appreciate being able to purchase discounted bundles as each book is quite short.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lovely heroine and beastly hero-turned-prince
Sep 11 2012
By Lalla Rookh
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you are familiar with and enjoy Cartland's charming and innocent writing, you will find nothing lacking in this one. "Dame" Cartland is one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century and though admittedly, her romances are extremely clean and very innocent (read: her novels will seem more like a primer for young girls on deportment, almost written to be "proof" to her young readers that "good girls" will always win the most desirable man in the long run), hers are stories written in a different age and it shows.
In my opinion, her heroes and heroines hail from the best of fairy tales and never fail to make my heart sigh. Would that any girl not aspire to such perfection?
In the Saint and the Sinner, our strong (stubborn?) heroine shines with her intelligent albeit innocently executed practice of "letting her equally stubborn hero think her brilliant ideas were actually his." How very clever and entertaining! As well, we see that our hero, who seems at first to be completely lacking in redeeming qualities is allowed to shine in the end thanks in much to our faithful heroine. If you know and love Cartland, this long novella will not disappoint.
As an aside, I was quite fortunate to download this book when it was offered for free. I see now that the book is $4+ and find that price quite abominable for a novella that I completed in one sitting. Price is so subjective, though, so if you're familiar with Cartland (her stories are typically this length) and love her innocence as much as I do, it may be worth it. For me, miser that I am, I hardly think it's fair.
In my opinion, her heroes and heroines hail from the best of fairy tales and never fail to make my heart sigh. Would that any girl not aspire to such perfection?
In the Saint and the Sinner, our strong (stubborn?) heroine shines with her intelligent albeit innocently executed practice of "letting her equally stubborn hero think her brilliant ideas were actually his." How very clever and entertaining! As well, we see that our hero, who seems at first to be completely lacking in redeeming qualities is allowed to shine in the end thanks in much to our faithful heroine. If you know and love Cartland, this long novella will not disappoint.
As an aside, I was quite fortunate to download this book when it was offered for free. I see now that the book is $4+ and find that price quite abominable for a novella that I completed in one sitting. Price is so subjective, though, so if you're familiar with Cartland (her stories are typically this length) and love her innocence as much as I do, it may be worth it. For me, miser that I am, I hardly think it's fair.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
saint and the sinner
Sep 7 2012
By gin
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Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
i have read a lot of barbara cartland over the years and enjoy but some can be repetitious. i love reading the books on my kindle and it is so easy thru amazon. i want to be able to get some from my library at some point but have not found the way yet!! i will still obtain barbara cartland as it is easy reading
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