Today, you can find me at The Project Gutenberg Project blog posting about The Misses Mallett by Emily Hilda Young (1922). This book, with its interesting set up of four single women living together, promising to uphold the family tradition of remaining single..
“The Malletts don’t marry, Henrietta. Look at us, as happy as the day is long, with all the fun and none of the trouble. We’ve been terrible flirts, Sophia and I. Rose is different, but at least she hasn’t married. The three Miss Malletts of Nelson Lodge! Now there are four of us, and you must keep up our reputation.”
..ultimately turned out to be a little bit disappointing. Luckily, Simon tells me I have the later titles by E.H. Young, William and Miss Mole, to look forward too, despite my slight disappointment in this earlier work by Young.
Click here to read my full thoughts on The Misses Mallett.
I had no idea that PG had a blog-thanks for the heads up–I’ve bookmarked it. Too bad the Misses Mallet was not as good as you had hoped. I think I have this on my reading pile so will try it for myself at some point! I have heard readers rave about William, so maybe that is a safer bet to read next.