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Sophie Gee: The scandal of the season (2007, Scribner) 2 stars

A tale based on the early eighteenth-century scandal that inspired Alexander Pope's "The Rape of …

Review of 'The scandal of the season' on 'Goodreads'

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.