The Dark Flower (Capuchin Classics)

This was quite a strange but intriguing book. Like nothing I've ever read before. Quite poetic. It might help to understand other types of people a bit better.

A JOHN GALSWORTHY novel from well before writing style of the Forsyte Saga. This sort in our times could been written and read in couple of hours.

I'm glad I found this book. The characters are flawed and unlikeable, but it is written in a way that you want to know what happens to them, whether they will get what they deserve. In a way, it read like a study for the Forsythe Saga. Similar character development.

An outstanding effort by Galsworthy. Quite different from the Forsyte series and other novels of his that I've read. A bit like Hardy's Well Beloved, but more realistic. The 3-episode format was very effective, with some sparkling moments in each part. The free Kindle edition is a good one.

Not Dickens, but who is...very vivid imagery. Characters very clearly mapped. Exciting to read. At times, couldn't put book down. Almost three distinct stories, yet more like vignettes.