The scandal of the season

351 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 2007 by Scribner.

ISBN:: 978-1-4165-4056-4
OCLC Number:: 74492136

(1 review)

A tale based on the early eighteenth-century scandal that inspired Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" finds an impoverished Alexander Pope gaining entry into society and following a forbidden affair between the rakish Lord Petre and the coquettish Arabella.

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Marya reviewed The scandal of the season by Sophie Gee

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2 stars

I enjoyed learning the background about Alexander Pope and his associates, but what a labored work this was. Far, far too much narration and no living scenes or characters. I hope actual people in the 18th century weren't this bummed out by their ponderous daily existence.

Subjects

Pope, Alexander, -- 1688-1744 -- Fiction
Fermor, Arabella, -- 1696-1737 -- Fiction
Petre, Robert Petre, -- Baron, -- 1689-1713 -- Fiction
Courtship -- Fiction
Upper class families -- England -- London -- Fiction
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction

Places

England
London
London (England)