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The Scandal of the Season
The Scandal of the Season: A Novel | Sophie Gee
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A tale based on the early eighteenth-century scandal that inspired Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" finds a sickly and impoverished Alexander Pope gaining entry into high society and closely following a forbidden affair between the rakish Lord Petre and the coquettish Arabella. A first novel. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.
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teaandcake
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I read this for my book club and it just wasn‘t my cup of tea. There were some promising ideas in the plot but they all seemed to Peter out. There could have been a lot more about the historical period and better character development. I wouldn‘t rush to read another book by this author.