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| Original Title: | A Factory of Cunning |
| ISBN: | 0156030675 (ISBN13: 9780156030670) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Philippa Stockley
Paperback | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 3.01 | 267 Users | 29 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Factory of Cunning |
| Author | : | Philippa Stockley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | September 5th 2006 by Mariner Books (first published April 11th 2005) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Literature. 18th Century |
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Set in late eighteenth-century England, Philippa Stockley’s American debut gives us a wickedly delightful but deadly serious battle of the wills and the sexes. It begins with the arrival in London of the mysterious Mrs. Fox—on the run from a scandalous French past—who takes a new identity, determined to reinvent herself. She must pit her formidable skills for revenge against Earl Much, a British aristocrat with no less notorious a past and easily her match in sinfulness and intrigue. Between these two swirls a story featuring venal lords, wronged maidens, and reprobate clergymen, transporting readers from bawdy houses to country estates—places where the pleasures of the flesh are both high comedy and serious business.A Factory of Cunning takes readers to the world immortalized in Dangerous Liaisons. And, like Michel Faber’s The Crimson Petal and the White, the vividly rendered setting and characters give the thrill of a fresh discovery.
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Ratings: 3.01 From 267 Users | 29 ReviewsCriticize Appertaining To Books A Factory of Cunning
A decadent diversion, a delicious bit of dessert.There is something enticing about reading a book about someone who takes such pleasure in being evil, a way of the shadow self living vicariously.The epistolary account started a bit slowly, but as it dawned on me who our fantastic Mrs. Fox is (something I must have known when I decided to read the book but had since forgotten), the story took on more dimensions and became more enjoyable.I'd call Mrs. Fox a singular creation -- arch, intelligent,"Mrs. Fox" arrives in late eighteenth-century London on the run from a scandalous French past. She has taken on a new identity and wishes to rehabilitate herself to her former class level. At the same time a dear friend from the Netherlands has asked her to destroy Earl Much. Earl Much is a British aristocrat who collects priceless objets d'art and ruins young maidens.The reader is transported to a world of bawdy houses, debauchery, ruination of willful maidens and intrigue. The earl proves to
this book really wanted to be dangerous liasons, but fell flat on pretty much every level.it started out well enough. the characters had interesting premises and interesting circumstances and lots of creative ideas....but as the story progressed i wanted more depth from them. in dangerous liasons, the characters are bored nobles playing a strategy game in order to entertain themselves....and their feelings get in the way - that is interesting.but in this book, the main character is not a noble
Was kind of hard to get into because it is written in letters and journal entries.
This reads like a classic, but is a fast read about a wily woman on the run. Some of the writing (because of its older style) could be hard to follow, or the action/connections weren't immediately obvious to me, but I was definitely hooked.
This was a fun, light, quick read if you enjoy late 18th c. fiction. I'm not a huge fan of epistolary fiction, either then or now, but this was enjoyable. A little more character development would have been nice-- there didn't seem to be too many (if any) redeeming qualities to Mrs. Fox.
It is smart and fast paced. The writing is wonderful. Feelsas though you are reading something written in the period. I had to reread the ending just to make certain I had understood everything. This would make an incredible film.
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