Baroness Emma Orczy Complete Collection Volume 2
Age: 18+ (even though I do not recommend)
Description: This is the second volume of the complete collection of Baroness Orczy’s works, that we are publishing in their chronological order (the Scarlet Pimpernel collection is published separately). It has been divided in eight volumes, which include 17 novels & 7 short story collections. This volume features three novels: A Son of the People; Beau Brocade; The Nest of the Sparrowhawk.
My Rating: 2/5
A Son of the People: Okay, it took a little bit to get into, but by the end I was hooked!!
Beau Brocade: I had a very hard time following the storyline.
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: It was okay. Not my favorite, but it wasn’t horrible either.
Notable Quotes:
“‘I would sooner never see the sun set again than cause you even one short moment’s anxiety.’”
- Page 280
“Throughout the whole range of suffering which humanity is called upon to endure, there is perhaps nothing so hard to bear as suspense.”
- Page 333
Things to be aware of in “Baroness Emma Orczy Complete Volume 2:”
Language: (-2 STARS)
- Countless mentions of the devil in various phrases.
- 2 “a**”
- 18 uses of the Lord’s name in vain such as: “my God”, “good God” (as an expression), “by God” (seven of those are “by Gad”), or by “G——“ (it is marked out)
- 3 “dumb”
- Many mentions of “deep cursing” and “curse him!”
- Numerous instances of “stupid”
- Instances of “Lordy”
- 26 forms of “da*n” (including two “da*n you!”), “da**ed”, “da**ation”, “da**able”, “da**ing” or “d——d” (marked out)
- 2 forms of “stinks like hell” and/or “hellish”
- Name calling including: “idiot”, “fool”, “reprobates”, “you limb of Satan!”, “scarecrow “, “dirty”, “lobsters” and “scarecrow”
- 3 instances of “in the name of Heaven”, “by Heaven” or “in Heaven’s name” (used as an expression often out of anger or frustration)
Violence:
- “Real love” is implied to be husbands physically abusing their wives. “Their husbands must have loved them deeply to be so jealous that they beat them.”
- There are mentions of murder, desired murder and there is an actual murder.
- Hanging is mentioned multiple times
- Characters are bound and gagged
- Whipping is mentioned
- Suicide is mentioned
- A character grips another character by the throat.
Romantic Content:
- Kissing (neck, shoulder, between the eyes)
- A mention of a man having a hard time “keeping the fellows off that slim waist” of a woman.
- Many mentions of the “passion” a man has (in reference to a woman)
- A man’s face is described as “sensual”
Spiritual Content:
(-1 STAR for dishonor against the Lord and His Name)
- Countless mentions of Satan and the devil
- A character swears by a crucifix and it is describes it as a “dumb piece of wood.”
- One “in the name of the Virgin Mary…”
- Many mentions of “gods”
- There are a couple mentions of thoughts and actions that “did not necessarily tend to the glorification of the Lord.”
- There is one mention of “Jonah and the whale.”
- “Let us laugh and be merry—tomorrow is the Jewish Sabbath—and after that Puritanic Sunday—after which, mayhap, we’ll all go to hell, driven thither by my Lord Protector.”
Additional Notes:
- Much wine, ale and alcohol is consumed
- There are talks about the disgrace that will be received if business is done with Jews
- A Jewish man is aggressively forced to eat pork.
- Some characters are described as “fat” or as having a “fat neck” or “fat shoulders.”
- Brief mentions of witches and evil spirits.
- There are talks of hating different people.
- There is a mention of a female’s brain being inferior.
- “Thy ugly French face is abhorrent to me.”
- Gambling is present
- This sentence was just disturbing to me: “She was fair above all women and sweet and pure and tempting to all men like some ripe and juicy fruit ready to fall into a yearning hand.”
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