In memory of Denise Robins

[elisa_rolle]

Denise Robins (1 February 1897 - 1 May 1985) was a prolific British romantic novelist and President of the Romantic Novelists' Association. She wrote under a variety of pen-names, producing short stories, plays, and some two hundred novels. Her books sold over one hundred million copies. Her maiden name was Denise Naomi Klein.

Denise Klein, later

Comments

[mightymaeve]

That cover art caught my attention! At a rare book dealer site, I found this description:
"The story of a beautiful slave from Africa smuggled into Georgian England, and finally becoming a noble woman in France, where she takes her revenge on those who mistreated her."

Hmm. *intrigued to know what this is all about..."the recognized mistress of the punishing kiss device"...*

[elisa_rolle]

In a modern perspective, the chains, the titles... I believe this book is now more interesting for its covers than the story! Denise Robins was a founder of the romance genre, and even if it seems strange, at the beginning of that genre there was more freedom than in later years. Elisa