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Book descriptionUngovernedTitle: The GovernessAuthor: NoorilhudaGenre: Historical RomanceLength: 90,000 words (estimated)Reviewer: Pearson MooreRating: 2 starsThe Governess is a romance novel with relatively well-drawn characters and narrative in some sense reminiscent of historical romances. While a minimal level of historical research is occasionally evident, the story suffers from too-modern narrative and dialog and frequent technical errors indicative of poor editing and insufficient grounding in written English. Though I do not recommend this novel to aficionados of the historical romance, the story may have some appeal to readers looking for an interesting ensemble of character sketches.Probably the most pleasant and surprising attribute of The Governess was the depth of character development and narrative color. The novel is almost entirely narrative, but the liveliness of the prose kept me reading and engaged in the meandering, interesting, and sometimes even fascinating thoughts of the characters and descriptions of their actions. The narrative was heavily influenced by the worldview of each characters point of view, and this was yet another factor that enriched the prose.I found occasional period-appropriate historical detail woven into dialog and narrative, and this was also refreshing. Set in 1832 England, the pre-Victorian silver fork era, the story had its characters debating the value and future prospects of the British Monarchy and making occasional references to events of the time. Unfortunately, most of these references were not appropriate to the period, and indicated insufficient research into the world of 1830s Great Britain.Technical writing errors abounded. I counted 18 spelling, vocabulary, usage, or grammar errors in the first 30 pages. Errors continued to occur with a frequency of about one every other page throughout the novel, though after a couple of hundred pages I stopped recording them. Present tense verbs were confused with past tense, the vocative comma often went missing, so that in some cases I had to re-read a statement to hazard a guess at what the author was attempting to say.Readers familiar with Regency and pre-Victorian romance literature are acquainted with some of the peculiarities of usage and syntax of the time. I checked several of my assessments of incorrect spelling, usage, vocabulary, and grammar against five early 19th century novels: Jane Eyre (1847), The Wife and Womans Reward (1835), Mothers and Daughters (1831), Romances of Real Life (1829), and Sense and Sensibility (1811). Errors such as She bid her to move across the room with slight of her handkerchief (The Governess, p. 32) simply did not appear in any of the five novels I searched. An author of the time would have written She bade her move across the room.Some readers will believe I have been too exacting in my expectations of the novel. But even readers unfamiliar with the nuances of early nineteenth century English literature will recognize elements clearly out of place. For instance, every few pages we are treated to late 20th century titles that never appeared anywhere in the 19th century. E.g., from page 43: Oh, its Ms. Adams, Ms. Jane Adams, the new governess, just hired. Whenever a young woman is introduced, she is respectfully announced as Ms. X. There was no Ms. until the late 1960s. Another example: On page 84 we are told that a character has just received a telegram. Telegrams make regular appearances throughout the novel. Unfortunately, the first-ever telegraph was not built until 1838. Though telegraphs were used in the 1840s, they were employed almost exclusively by railroads. This expanded to military use in the 1850s and 1860s. Telegrams didnt become a regular part of affluent society until the late 1870s. After reading of telegrams flying all over in 1832 England, I sometimes cringed at the prospect of turning the page, fearing I would read about characters tuning the radio to their favorite program, or sitting down to watch television.Connoisseurs of pre-Victorian literature understand a primary driver of witty dialog and, more importantly, the inner dilemma faced by characters, is the enormity of social constraint that must be figured into every thought and action. Handled well, this consideration of social expectation can bring about truly thought-provoking insights into characters and the difficulty of their position in the complicated social web. If a woman ever exclaimed What the hell is going on in here? (p. 58) she would have been challenged, brow-beaten, or possibly even physically punished. At the very least the characters around her would have been shocked at the inappropriate language. Turning again to literature of the time, I found not a single instance of this or any similar phrase. What the hell is going on is very much a 20th century expression, and would never have found its way into a young womans thoughts or words. 20th century expressions abound in The Governess: She had seen its cheap rip-offs (p. 56), Did Mr. Bennet find everything okay? (p. 41), He was incredibly attentive towards her (p. 96), She being a new mother had changed in her affections placing him second, while for him, she remained number one (p. 96).Whenever a wannabe writer asks about penning a novel, I try to discourage her. Brain surgery is easier, and janitorial work is more rewarding. But for those who insist on following the lonely and difficult road toward publication, many thousands of hours and many millions of words must be written before a story worthy of others attention can find its way to the market, and then only after a dozen or more people from varied walks of life critique the work and give their input. The Governess probably should have gone through a process similar to this. Unfortunately, while interesting in some respects, I found the novel overall a severe disappointment, and I cannot recommend it to fans of the historical romance sub-genre, nor to readers in general. Readers seeking good character description, though, may find many pages of fitting entertainment worthy of their time.I received a free copy of The Governess in exchange for an honest review.2 Stars.The Governess by Noorilhuda (Goodreads Author) direct link price prewiew online text
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