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I am an opera nut who loves to read about nineteenth-century history. Thus I thought this would be just the book for me. I was wrong. The main character is well conceived, and the story is decent, if contrived. There is good description of the setting and clothing—lots (and lots) of description of clothing. The problem is the author’s style. For, you see. This is one of those books written in many short sentences. And many short paragraphs. Like this one. It is very difficult to establish a sense of rhythm in reading. The sentences. Or sentence fragments, like this one. Constantly interrupt the flow of the narrative. You see what I mean? So, my advice is. That you reread Cather’s "The Song of the Lark," which is a story somewhat like this one. Or (yes, sometimes paragraphs consist of more than one sentence) a good biography of Jenny Lind. And save this book for those people. Who like short sentences. And sentence fragments. I’m just not one of them. Hope you understand.