Miss Dalrymple's Virtue
Margaret Westhaven's Miss Dalrymple's Virtue (1988) is a historical romance and Regency romance novel. It is set in the Regency era. Characters include Miss Sophia Dalrymple and Marquis of Carrisbrooke.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 15 more have it on their want-to-read list.
It runs to roughly 219 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Miss Dalrymple's Virtue
It was an outrageous idea! The penniless Miss Sophia Dalrymple was an authoress, and a good one, but the problem of finding a publisher seemed insurmountable. For that one needed a wealthy patron. She and her clergyman father had tried many avenues, but to no avail. — To Sophia there appeared just one solution: sell the only thing she had of value in exchange for patronage: Her Virtue. And one day she did just that. She had not expected to be taken seriously, but to her horror the Marquis of Carrisbrooke did! Somehow she promised to become his mistress -- payment due the day her book was published. Surely, she prayed, as a man of honour he would not hold her to her bargain...
Quick answers
Who wrote Miss Dalrymple's Virtue?
Miss Dalrymple's Virtue was written by Margaret Westhaven and first published in 1988.
What genre is Miss Dalrymple's Virtue?
It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Regency Romance.
How long is Miss Dalrymple's Virtue?
The median edition has 219 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Miss Dalrymple's Virtue?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Viscount Who Loved Me, An Offer from a Gentleman and The Rebel Bride.
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