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Misfortune

Wesley Stace

Hardcover | Pages: 529 pages

Rating: 3.71 | 1740 Users | 267 Reviews

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Original Title:	Misfortune
ISBN:	0316830348 (ISBN13: 9780316830348)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Guardian First Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2005), James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List (2005)

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Victorian dandy Lord Geoffroy Loveall is faced with a dilemma. As heir apparent to Love Hall, he must produce an heir of his own; but his obsessive love for his long-dead sister has rendered him a paralytic in matters of the heart. Adding to Geoffroy's troubles is his difficult mother, Lady Loveall, who mercilessly castigates her effeminate son, and a circling mob of greedy relatives anxious to wrest Love Hall from his grasp.

Then, a miracle occurs. As his carriage passes a trash dump, Geoffroy spies an abandoned baby in the jaws of a cur. He saves the child, names her Rose, and declares her his rightful heir. The shock fells Lady Loveall on the spot, and Rose becomes the pampered daughter of Lord Loveall and his bride of convenience, the resident librarian Anonyma. This joyful period lasts until Rose's adolescence, when it becomes increasingly difficult to hide the one great secret of Love Hall: namely, that Rose, now in the position of fending off suitors for her titled hand, is in fact a boy.

Rose's whiskers, deepening voice, and affection for the daughter of a courtier have not gone unnoticed. Armed with the new revelation, the Loveall's unscrupulous relatives launch a coup, and a desperately confused Rose is cast adrift -- until he finds the renewed vitality that comes from the love of true family and realizes that he can and must go home.

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Title	:	Misfortune
Author	:	Wesley Stace
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 529 pages
Published	:	April 11th 2005 by Little Brown and Company (first published 2005)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. LGBT

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Ratings: 3.71 From 1740 Users | 267 Reviews

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I am so conflicted by this book. On one hand, I found the exploration of gender absolutely fascinating, and the character's eventual resting place (no spoilers) extremely satisfying. I loved the discussion of nature vs. nurture, and the assertion that it's not as clear cut as advocates of EITHER side would have us believe. I loved the ambiguity of it all.Unfortunately, I found the plot and pacing a little bit lacking. Other readers have noted that the middle bit is rather ponderous, weighed down

I found this book years ago, sitting on a discount book shelf. I was intrigued by it and thought I would give it a try. What I found, I loved. Yes, you could call it a Dickens's parody, but writing like this isn't found all the time anymore. It was as if Dickens and Shakespeare sat down together to write something brilliant. There were many pleasant surprises in this story, and I found myself wrapped up in the main character, rooting them on, crying with them, and worried about their future. A

Lord Lovell, still grieving for his dead daughter, rescues an infant boy from a dung heap and raises him as a girl. The mystery of the child's birth, the family feuds over land, property and birthright, and the manners and mores of 1600's Europe are interwoven in this coming-of-age novel with a hell of a twist. An engaging read, good debut, interesting.

British singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding is a master at cramming verbose stories into fun three-minute pop songs.British novelist Wesley Stace doesn't have the benefit of a bouncy beat, so it takes him 544 pages to tell his story in Misfortune. Even so, Stace's debut novel moves along quickly thanks to his engaging storytelling. This isn't surprising since John Wesley Harding is the musical alias of one Welsey Stace.A little identity crisis? Maybe, but it's nothing compared to what Rose,

I am completely blown away by Mr. Stace's ability to completely envelop a character and make the character LIVE! Now I am eagerly looking forward to reading more of his work.Misfortune is a truly engaging and titillating story! A boy raised as a girl by an asexual man and his literary wife? What will happen when puberty rears its ugly head? What indeed!!! The awakening of Rose Old is monumental, especially to his extended family. An uncle accidentally sent to his final reward, a cousin aroused

I loved this gender-bending novel! It's a bit like a fairytale, and a bit like a Dickens novel, and a bit like pretty much nothing else. It concerns one Rose Loveall, raised as a girl, who discovers that she is actually a boy when she hits puberty. Rose travels through personal tragedy and trial by fire in true picaresque fashion, finally emerging as a whole being who manages to embrace both genders. It's funny and beautifully written, and I loved it a lot.

A young baby boy is being thrown out with the trash. Unwanted and alone a chance of fate has him picked up by the richest Lord in the land, Lord Loveall. Lord Loveall has been mourning all his life for his dear departed sister and when he sees this baby he assumes it to be female and a chance to have his sister back. But Lord Loveall can't just miraculously have an heir, a quick marriage is arranged with his sister's old governess, Anonyma, who has stayed on as librarian at Love Hall to catalog