Miss Millions Maid

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The novel begins My story begins with an incident that is bound to happen some time in any household that boasts or perhaps deplores a high spirited girl of twenty three in it It begins with a row about a young man My story begins, too, where the first woman s story began in a garden It was the back garden of our red roofed villa in that suburban street, Laburnum Grove, Putney, S.W. Free Read Miss Millions Maid [ author ] Berta Ruck [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Written in 1915, at that time this was a contemporary romance romantic comedy about life in 1914 England, just before WWI Now historical romance readers can enjoy it as an HR completely free of anachronisms in language and behavior and will be surprised to find how much 1914 and 2013 women actually have in common.I first discovered Berta Ruck when I happened on His Official Fiancee, which was written in 1913 or 1914, I believe That was a delight and from there I went on to try a fewRuc Written in 1915, at that time this was a contemporary romance romantic comedy about life in 1914 England, just before WWI Now historical romance readers can enjoy it as an HR completely free of anachronisms in language and behavior and will be surprised to find how much 1914 and 2013 women actually have in common.I first discovered Berta Ruck when I happened on His Official Fiancee, which was written in 1913 or 1914, I believe That was a delight and from there I went on to try a fewRuck novels but did not enjoy them as much This one, however, which Ruck wrote under the name Mrs Oliver Onions and, yes, her husband was Oliver Onions, unbeliev...This is a fun idea, with the mistress becoming the maid and vice versa, but the execution falls a bit flat I found the action dragged a little, and the jingoism towards the end really began to grate for me.This was mostly fine but the virulent antisemitism ruined it for me I just can t get with a book part of whose happy ending is to put the two German Jewish characters in a camp.High end of 3 stars Miss Beatrice Lovelace has a problem At 23, her life is utterly dull Aunt Anastasia absolutely refuses to let her have any fun Beatrice is constantly being reminded that she is genteel, albeit an impoverished aristocrat And impoverished aristocrats arenot , according to her aunt anyway, allowed to speak with non blue bloods, even if they happen to be the only people in the neighborhood Beatrice s only friend rests in their maid of all works, Nellie Million When Mill High end of 3 stars Miss Beatrice Lovelace has a problem At 23, her life is utterly dull Aunt Anastasia absolutely refuses to let her have any fun Beatrice is constantly being reminded that she is genteel, albeit an impoverished aristocrat And impoveri...Great, fun book to read.This is my second Berta book, read just after The Disturbing Charm and I really quite like her direct, smart writing style Miss Million s maid is a story of Beatrice Lovelace and her ex maid, now mistress Nellie Million Beatrice s family has very illustrious, aristocratic roots but the family is now impoverished, herself orphaned and so she lives with her haughty aunt with Nellie as their maid Nellie comes into money when an unknown uncle passes away and bequeaths his fortune to her and in a This is my second Berta book, read just after The Disturbing Charm and I really quite like her direct, smart writing style Miss Million s maid is a story of Beatrice Lovelace and her ex maid, now mistress Nellie Million Beatr...SUMMARY Beatrice is one of what she calls the nouveau pauvre class Descended from an old, titled English family her great grandmother was Lady Lovelace, whose Wateau portrait adorns in the shabby flat that Beatrice lives in with her class conscious Aunt Anastasia, who will not let Beatrice associate with any of the neighbors because they are better than their circumstance Beatr...I really enjoyed this book It took me a few chapters to get used to the narrative style but once I settled down to it, I loved the book I wish someone would make it into a movie I might just start the screenplay My only objection was the lack of focus on the mystery of the stolen gem I would have liked a littleclassic mystery novel type of stuff around that,chance to guess whodunnit But, this was a romance, straight forward,...4.5 starsI loved this book It surprised me with its wit and humor and charm I would have given it 5 stars except the ending was slightlyabrupt than I would have liked.Although it was rather predictable, I enjoyed t...definitely a girl centric book I would best describe it as a Victorian Clueless yes, I know Clueless is actually based on Emma in that its a light read full of shopping, parties, and talking about boys But its a lot of fun.

Miss Millions Maid
  • English
  • 15 December 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • Berta Ruck
  • Miss Millions Maid