Melissa [Hardcover]

Taylor Caldwell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 390 pages
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons; 1st edition (October 10, 1948)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0884111598
• ISBN-13: 978-0884111597
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #524,122 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Her Best, June 3, 2001

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anne johnson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Melissa (Hardcover)

I have read a number of Caldwell's books and this is up there with the best. Melissa is a lovely 20 something year old female in the 1800's who is besotted with her literary father who is a vicious culprit although she is too "innocent" or dumb or whatever to recognize it. She marries a bookpublisher neighbor, hoping to keep her brother in school and help her sister with her poetry ( which she has copied from earlier poets), neither of whom care for her interest in them. Add a vile sister in law who wants nothing but to get rid of Melissa and you have a wonderful Gothic tale. I wish there were more like this

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Good Novel by Taylor Caldwell, June 3, 1998

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This review is from: Melissa (Hardcover)

This the story of Melissa Upjohn and her fathers vicious attempt, from the time she is a child, to destroy her soul, her mind, and her future. Melissa must succeed in overcoming this evil which she has never suspected while trying to keep her marriage together. She must also endure the plotting of her sister in law, Arabella, and her own sister Phoebe.

Once again the "innocent" trait is strong in this book as in "Ceremony of the Innocent", but I assure you there is no formula that Taylor Caldwell uses. This book, though it had a similar theme, was unique from the others. Overall, it is a good book, and I believe those who read it will like it. Though it is not my favorite of Taylor Caldwell's, it is definitely a good story and well written at that.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Melissa, July 27, 2011

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This review is from: Melissa (Hardcover)

I haven't read this book yet as summer is so busy. If the book is by Taylor Caldwell I know I will like it. She has been one of our great writers and I've read most of her books. When I start reading them I have a hard time putting them down.