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Misfortune, is the 2005 debut novel by Wesley Stace. The "Victorian" novel revolves around a cross-dressing heir/heiress. The book was one of the Washington Post's Books of the Year and chosen by Amazon.com as one of the Ten Best Novels of 2005.
Set in the early years of the nineteenth century, and an England at once as believable as Sarah Waters’s and as grotesque as Mervyn Peake’s, Misfortune is a gothic novel for our times—a huge, rich, funny, exciting work of fiction that is destined to become a classic.
6 de ene. de 2010 · Misfortune : a novel. by. Stace, Wesley. Publication date. 2005. Topics. Eccentrics and eccentricities, Aristocracy (Social class), Passing (Identity), Gender identity, Sex role, Boys. Publisher. New York : Little, Brown and Co.
10 de abr. de 2006 · A brilliantly bizarre tale of gender confusion and family ties, Misfortune reads like an insane cross between Bleak House, Gormenghast, Orlando and The Moonstone with a tiny hint of A Series Of Unfortunate Events.
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Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune (Japanese: ヤキトリ, Hepburn: Yakitori) is a Japanese novel series written by Carlo Zen and illustrated by so-bin. It began publication by Hayakawa Publishing in August 2017. Licensed by Netflix, an original net animation (ONA) series adaptation by Arect premiered in May 2023.
Books. Misfortune: A Novel. Wesley Stace. Jonathan Cape, 2005 - Aristocracy (Social class) - 531 pages. Lord Geoffrey Loveall is the richest man in England, reclusive, and heretofore heirless...
1 de ene. de 2005 · 1,859 ratings283 reviews. 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.
