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Title: Dangerous Muse: The Life of Lady Caroline Blackwood by Nancy Schoenberger ISBN: 0-306-81187-1 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.89 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Disappointment!
Comment: I was quite disappointed in this book. The writing is good, but seems mostly about people other than Caroline. There is little depth or insight to Schoenberger's portrait of her. We don't know much about who Caroline is, what she thinks, and the deeper motives behind her behaviour. About a fourth of the way through the book, I found myself paging ahead in the hope of discovering her.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great, except for one area
Comment: I have to admit that when I first began reading this biography of Lady Caroline, it did not immediately enthrall me the way I thought it might, after having read the book's description. The first chapter or so deals almost exclusively with her family's history, and I found the endless names and descriptions of the different people boring. *However* as I began to read forward, I found myself fascinated with the sort of wit and charm Caroline Blackwood posessed (as is evident with her writings) The little excerpts from her fiction and non-fiction works scattered throughout the length of the biography were very important, as I think they fit perfectly with what Miss Schoenberger had been describing within Caroline's life. They provided a lot of insight into what was happening in her life, in an almost poetical manner. There is no doubt that the author has a strong talent for writing, but I think the fact that different members of Caroline Blackwood's family refused to contribute hurt Nancy Schoenberger's effort for a deeper story. All in all, by the end of the book, I definitely wanted more to read. The author's fluid style of writing fit the subject matter well and it wasn't repetitive or dull by any means. I was however, disappointed with one aspect of the novel, and that is why wasn't more written about the development as Lady Caroline as a writer? I've read a few of her books, and she is obviously extremely talented in the area of psychological prose...there was more emphasis put on Caroline Blackwood's relationships than what was really the most fascinating thing about her, and that was her ability to so vividly and acutely write a novel of the psychological aspect...that was her true genius, not the fact that she was beautiful and had famous husbands. Too bad that wasn't put across, and that that's what Caroline will be remembered for, instead of what she *should*. Nevertheless a great biography by Nancy Schoenberger, given what she had to work with.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another Legendary Beauty/Muse Story
Comment: This is a very romanticized viewpoint of Lady Caroline's troubled life but it was so well written and readable that it was impossible to put down. Like most of these type of lengends, Lillie Langtry comes to mind, she was famous mostly for who she bedded and who she knew. BUT, there is MORE. Like Langtry, Lady Blackwood inspired whomever she came in contact with. Some woman just have that persona and I don't feel it is fair to overlook that part of their history. Once again, we put all the blame on the woman and forget that the MEN also had a say in their attachments to her lure. Her beauty was more an entire package rather than the classic sense of beauty, per se. I highly recommend this book to all Langtry fans and the woman who are interested in these types of tastemakers.
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Title: The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired by Francine Prose ISBN: 0060555254 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood, Honor Moore ISBN: 1590170075 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford ISBN: 0375760814 Publisher: Random House Trade Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath by Kate Moses ISBN: 1400035007 Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Last of the Duchess by Caroline Blackwood ISBN: 0679439706 Publisher: Random House Inc Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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