A review by kdferrin
East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood

4.0

If you love English literature and you can get hold of this book (it is not available at my local library) it is well worth reading. Even though it is over 600 pages long and it is a sad cautionary morality tale that seems like it should be a total downer I was able to breeze right through it. It reminded me a bit of [b:Adam Bede|20563|Adam Bede (Modern Library Classics)|George Eliot|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167298252s/20563.jpg|1015873] but with a chic-lit twist. Just like Adam Bede I spent much of the book wanting to reach in an shake the women by the shoulders and make they realize how unhappy they were making themselves but instead of all the sermonizing [a:George Eliot|173|George Eliot|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1190493613p2/173.jpg] seemed so fond of [a:Ellen Wood|165808|John Grafton|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg] included lots of gossip, fashion and fun.