A historical novel about a woman who lives a quiet life in Cornwall with her fisherman father, until a series of strangers and events lead her to Venice and a possible inheritance. 1971. Continue reading
Category Archives: Moderately Forgotten
Golden Urchin – Madeleine Brent
A historical novel about a young woman who grows up among aborigines as a white-skinned “freak,” until she stumbles across a dying white man and discovers the world of her own people. 1986. Continue reading
Minerva – Marion Chesney
A Regency historical novel about a vicar’s daughter who is sent off to London to make her debut, with specific instructions to make a wealthy match and thereby help her debt-ridden family. 1982. Continue reading
Random Harvest – James Hilton
A novel about a man who wakes up one day in 1919 and finds he can’t remember anything about the last three years of his life. 1941. Continue reading
The Vet’s Daughter – Barbara Comyns
A novel about a young woman who has a desperately ill mother, a violent father, and yet in the midst of never-ending hardship possesses a secret of her own. 1959. Continue reading
Brewster’s Millions – George Barr McCutcheon
A novel about a man who is tasked with spending every penny of a million dollar inheritance within a year. 1903. Continue reading
A Meaningful Life – L.J. Davis
A novel about a failed writer who wakes up one day and realizes his life has no meaning, so he goes in search of some. 1971. Continue reading
The Brontes Went to Woolworths – Rachel Ferguson
A short novel about a family of girls who, though beyond the usual age for make-believe, happily live in a world populated by their collective imaginings. 1931. Continue reading
Sara Dane – Catherine Gaskin
A historical novel about a woman who is initially transported to Australia as a convict, but through an advantageous marriage comes to play a legendary role in the development of the new colony. 1954. Continue reading
Love’s Shadow – Ada Leverson
A comedic novel about a group of genteel London folk and their various hopes and grievances when it comes to love. 1908. Continue reading →