Electricity [Paperback]

Victoria Glendinning (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; New Ed edition (April 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416522492
• ISBN-13: 978-1416522492
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,581,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Victorian sensibility - highly recommended, March 29, 2006

By 

J. Rosenberg "reggieroy" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electricity: A Novel (Paperback)

What I liked about this book is that I really felt immersed in Victorian life as I read it, yet I didn't feel like the author was trying to "tell" me about Victorian life. She simply portrayed a character who lived that life and "showed" what it was like. I thought Charlotte a very interesting character with some unusual insights into life.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, stimulating Victorian read., November 12, 2001

By 

"iluvds9" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Electricity (Hardcover)

This interesting novel contrasts strength and timidity, old and
new, happiness and pain, and of course darkness and light.

I was intrigued by Charlotte's strong, strange Aunt Susannah,
her creepy, reactive father, stoic, attractive Peter Fisher,
and the rich and appealing George Godwin.

Charlotte eagerly tastes life and love, and learns and is
taught all sorts of new, interesting ideas and considerations,
some quite ahead of their time.

The narration of this story is well-descibed and evocative,
and Charlotte was a believable character. Recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a haunting story that lingered in my mind for days, July 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Electricity: A Novel (Paperback)

This beautifully written novel lingered in my imagaination long after finishing. It is the story of a young women in Victorian England who marries an expert in the then burgeoning field of electricity. His work takes them from a life of lower class drudgery in London to a large country estate. This novel may be read on many different levels. While the surface storyline alone is enthralling the author's deeper insights into the beginnings of modern life and the victorian mindset is incredible. This novel, like no other, made me feel what it must have been like to live in this era. I would especially recommend to women who are interested in history or historical fiction.