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Cake day: October 31st, 2023

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  • This posted reminded me of an article I once read and thankfully I found it! Apparently it’s Irene Iddesleigh by Amanda McKittruck Ros. But the article also mentions Judith Krantz’s Dazzle which also seems to be a solid candidate.

    I’m also reminded of The British Critic’s review of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein:

    The writer of it is, we understand, a female; this is an aggravation of that which is the prevailing fault of the novel; but if our authoress can forget the gentleness of her sex, it is no reason why we should; and we shall therefore dismiss the novel without further comment.

    Which is to say many of the “worst novel ever” nominations seem to have one suspicious thing in common and it might be wise to take these superlatives with a massive grain of misogyny salt.