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Violence
Barely any
No significant violence; some period danger
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Sweet historical romance; modest and charming
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
None
No significant psychological intensity; the novel's register is warm and gently comedic
What this book is about
Eva Ibbotson's gentle romantic novel follows Anna Grazinsky, who loses everything in the Russian Revolution and travels to England, where she takes a position as a housemaid in a grand estate — hiding her identity and falling in love with the lord of the house. Ibbotson writes warm, witty historical romance with genuine charm; the class-crossing romance is sweet and the period detail is lovely. Appropriate for all ages.
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