A review by e11en
The Romance of the Forest: Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry by Ann Radcliffe

1.0

I had to read this twice. The first time, I found the language far too dense and the characters one-dimensional and I yawned my way through it without paying proper attention to the story. On the second go, I enjoyed it more. I even grew to admire the novel's 'heroine' Adeline: a helpless, weepy and perpetually feinting damsel in distress whose apparent lack of gumption didn't stop her from rebuffing countless marriage proposals from men in powerful positions. You go girl.