The Scandal of the Season, Sophie Gee
The Scandal of the Season, Sophie Gee
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The Scandal of the Season

Author: Sophie Gee

Narrator: Cameron Stewart

Unabridged: 10 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/07/2007


Synopsis

Jane Austen meets Philip Roth in a sexy, sparkling debut novel reconstructing the real-life scandal that inspired Alexander Pope's famous poem "The Rape of the Lock."

London, 1711. The rich young offspring of the city's fashionable families fill their days with masquerade balls, opera engagements, and clandestine courtships. Leading the pursuit of pleasure are the beautiful Arabella Fermor, with her circle of beaus, and Robert Petre, seventh Baron of Ingatestone, a man-about-town with his choice of mistresses.

Small, sickly, and almost penniless, Alexander Pope is peripheral by birth, yet his dazzling wit and ambition gain him unlikely entrance into high society. Privy to every nuance and drama, he is a brilliant and ruthless observer. As the forbidden passion between Arabella and Lord Petre deepens, fortunes change and reputations—even lives—are imperiled. Pope transforms their affair and its demise into a risqué poem, "The Rape of the Lock," that catapults him to fame and fortune.

A witty, provocative tale of intrigue, seduction, and betrayal, The Scandal of the Season captures a time when marriage was a market, sex was a temptation fraught with danger, and a costume could conceal a dandy or a murderer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Allie on August 14, 2009

You can read this review on my blog, here. The Scandal of the Season by Sophie Gee They say one should never judge a book by its cover, but the cover art on the latest paperback release of this book just screams “bodice ripper,” and I couldn’t help but assume that its content would likely follow suit.......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on December 12, 2009

The saving grace of this book was that it included the text of "The Rape of the Lock" in the back, meaning I got to read it again, which was great, because it is awesome and hilarious. And it was fun learning a bit about the backstory. Beyond that, though, that I found this novel's pacing and dialog......more

Goodreads review by Giulia Angelica on July 04, 2024

EDIT: sono arrivata alla fine, saltellando tra le pagine, e confermo la mia opinione scritta sotto. In realtà abbandonato a pagina 201 perché la pazienza è poca e la trama è noiosa. Anzi, direi inesistente. È tutta una sequenza di scene che si ripetono fino alla nausea, con Cosetta che va in un post......more

Goodreads review by Nick on November 28, 2018

The Scandal of the season was an experiment, I had never read a book with this kind of plot, characters and their social setting as this. For the most part the book was a bit of a chore, not due to the style of writing (which was very good) but mostly because I could not stand most of the ensemble.......more