Kiosks Keep The Devils Away Book

I've read this once before (I was thirteen and we went to the beach for the day; I read it in a single sitting and didn't end up swimming at all because I loved it so much!). The plot is fast-paced and was just as enjoyable this time around.

The book is written part-epistolary and part-diary. Like Frankenstein, the form is a writing inside of writing inside of writing. This raises so many questions about validity & reliability of the story, especially with regards to the meticulous dialogue... It's also funny that, though written as a letter, it doesn't seem to follow the contemporary letter writing etiquette rules!

I loved the character of Helen / Mrs Graham / Mrs Huntington -- she is one of the best proto-feminist characters in Victorian literature in my opinion (maybe even better than Jane Eyre!!). It's so refreshing to have a widow at the centre of the story, and one shrouded in scandal too. It makes a change from the typical respectable woman.

Would very much recommend.