Love at Second Sight
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who enjoy classic British social comedy and light humorous fiction
- Readers curious about the work of early twentieth-century British women writers
- Readers with some English who want to read original public-domain works for free
- Leisure readers who prefer witty dialogue and light, nimble plots
Not a good fit for
- Readers with limited English who need a Chinese translation
- Readers expecting strong dramatic conflict or intricate plotting
- Researchers who need scholarly annotations and introductory background
Reading tips
- Read a chapter or two first to get used to the author's rhythm and dialogue style before settling into the plot.
- Keep pen and paper handy to track the characters; social comedy often has a large cast, and clear relationships make the humor easier to follow.
- Slow down at moments of irony or social implication and note what lies beneath the dialogue.
- Read it alongside other Edwardian novels to appreciate the shared pleasures of popular fiction of the period.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Ada Leverson (1862–1933) was a British novelist, born in London into a wealthy Jewish family and known for her witty comedies of manners. A close friend of Oscar Wilde, she was called "the Sphinx" by him and supported him during his trial and imprisonment. Her works focus on the emotional manoeuvring of marriage and social circles, with a light, ironic tone and a gift for revealing her characters' self-deception through dialogue and detail. Six of her works are held in this collection: Love's Shadow, Tenterhooks, The Twelfth Hour, The Limit, Love at Second Sight and Bird of Paradise. Public information is limited, and her life and work are chiefly discussed in relation to the friendships and style described above.
