A Great and Terrible Beauty
In this Novel, Gemma Doyle, a proud sixteen year old, must leave her childhood home in India, to go to Spence Academy, a finishing school, just outside of London. After her mother's death, she feels like she is being watched. She soon finds out she has a very frightening destiny, but with the help of a couple of friends,will she choose to face it or not?
The Gemma Doyle series is in the fantasy fiction genre. Libba Bray is the author of this spine chilling and unexpected plot turning book. Libba Bray is the author of multiple plays and novels such as: The Gemma Doyle Series, Going Bovine, and The Diviners. She was born on March 11, 1964. She lived in Texas until she was 26 years old. Libba Bray lives in New …show more content…
The trilogy spans a year from beginning of June 1895 to ending of June 1896.It was published on December 9, 2003 by Random House Publishing. The main characters in the books are Gemma Doyle, Felicity, Pippa, Ann, Mary Dowd, Katrik, Sarah Rees-Toome, and Circe.
In the nineteenth century, women were expected to be proper and have manners, to take care of the children and the house, and that they were only to speak when spoken to. They couldn’t go out when they wanted too. In a summary, their husbands controlled their lives. You were also put into arranged marriages. Once you turned at least sixteen you were arranged to marry someone your parents, more so your father, picked out for you. In the Gemma Doyle series, Pippa, a fair and beautiful sixteen year old is put into an arranged marriage, to hopefully help save her family from losing everything they have.
In conclusion, The Gemma Doyle series is full of romance, unexpected turns, magical plots, and visions beyond compare. This series is a very enjoyable series. I hope you will like traveling to the realms such as the garden with Gemma, Ann, Felicity, and Pippa. Just don’t eat the berries…...Or you will never want to leave. And that wouldn’t be so bad after all. Or would
In this Novel, Gemma Doyle, a proud sixteen year old, must leave her childhood home in India, to go to Spence Academy, a finishing school, just outside of London. After her mother's death, she feels like she is being watched. She soon finds out she has a very frightening destiny, but with the help of a couple of friends,will she choose to face it or not?
The Gemma Doyle series is in the fantasy fiction genre. Libba Bray is the author of this spine chilling and unexpected plot turning book. Libba Bray is the author of multiple plays and novels such as: The Gemma Doyle Series, Going Bovine, and The Diviners. She was born on March 11, 1964. She lived in Texas until she was 26 years old. Libba Bray lives in New …show more content…
The trilogy spans a year from beginning of June 1895 to ending of June 1896.It was published on December 9, 2003 by Random House Publishing. The main characters in the books are Gemma Doyle, Felicity, Pippa, Ann, Mary Dowd, Katrik, Sarah Rees-Toome, and Circe.
In the nineteenth century, women were expected to be proper and have manners, to take care of the children and the house, and that they were only to speak when spoken to. They couldn’t go out when they wanted too. In a summary, their husbands controlled their lives. You were also put into arranged marriages. Once you turned at least sixteen you were arranged to marry someone your parents, more so your father, picked out for you. In the Gemma Doyle series, Pippa, a fair and beautiful sixteen year old is put into an arranged marriage, to hopefully help save her family from losing everything they have.
In conclusion, The Gemma Doyle series is full of romance, unexpected turns, magical plots, and visions beyond compare. This series is a very enjoyable series. I hope you will like traveling to the realms such as the garden with Gemma, Ann, Felicity, and Pippa. Just don’t eat the berries…...Or you will never want to leave. And that wouldn’t be so bad after all. Or would