英语专业读书报告.doc

英语专业读书报告
Reading Report on The Landower Legacy
The novel The Landower Legacy, written by a famous English writer Victoria Holt, is a romantic and famous masterpiece. The version I have read was twelfth printing by Ballantine Books in 1991.
I. About the Author
Victoria Holt(September 1, 1906- January 18, 1993), famous novelist describing the old castle. Victoria Holt, her original name is Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert. She was born in London, during her fifty years of writing, there are more than 150 novels published. In her novels, she always use old castle as background, in everyone?s impression, old castle in England, always related with suspense strongly. Victoria Holt says, “Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.”
Since now, Victoria Holt has created a large number of love stories, main works, such as Mistress of Mellyn, The King of the Castle, The Queen?s Confession, The Landower Legacy. Popular fiction belongs to her special style.
1960, she wrote Mistress of Mellyn. It mainly introduced that Martha Leigh and her sister has a happy childhood, but after their parent’s death they go to live with an aunt. They have a “season” and Martha’s sister manages to find a good husband. But Martha doesn’t, and is forced to take up the job of a gove.
1962, she wrote Kirkland Revels. Kirkland Revels loomed high above the wild and eerie Yo