Jassy Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 255 pages

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Title	:	Jassy
Author	:	Norah Lofts
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 255 pages
Published	:	July 12th 1979 by Fawcett Crest Books (first published 1944)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Gothic. Fiction. Horror. Fantasy

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She was the daughter of a preacher and a gypsy. A strange and elusive child with powers of prophecy, she grew into an even stranger woman. From those around her she inspired love and admiration or furious hatred. Nothing in between. And somehow Jassy could transform even those who loved her into her enemies. Barney Hatton, the disposessed heir of Mortiboys, loved her but not enough. Lindy, a servant girl who worked there, loved her too much. Elizabeth Twysdale, who taught Jassy her lessons, hated her more with every passing day. And because of the people around her, the people who loved or loathed her, Jassy's life was destined to be one of passion and anguish.

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Original Title:	Jassy
ISBN:	0449241017 (ISBN13: 9780449241011)
Characters:	Jassy Woodroffe

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Ratings: 3.96 From 248 Users | 23 Reviews

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This story is well-crafted. Lofts uses a unique device telling the life story of the title character from the first person POV of those who who interact with Jassy, but never from Jassy's POV. I highly recommend this book.What I like so well about Lofts's style is how the reader is immersed in the time and place in the first page and the story moves right along clippety-clop so that by the time you reach the last page you feel almost breathless.

late 18th century, gypsy girl.

Jassy is one of the best Norah Lofts novels I've yet to read and if you're in the mood for a really good gothic I think you'll like it too.To me, Jassy was the female version of Heathcliff - her mother being a gypsy - and it was never a good idea to mess with Heathcliff! As Jassy is buffeted by life's travails she leaves a long trail of tears and heartbreak behind her. Is this her fault or not? Jassy has a mean streak that will brook no insult as she ruthlessly and easily destroys those that

This ending came up and smacked me in the face. Describing this in any aspect as a romance or related genre is similar to classifying Julius Caesar as the old balding guy who got stabbed but had something to do with some former governmental group in Italy. It's NOT a romance. It's also not bewitching as in the T.V. program of decades ago. Two words used to describe this are not. The last narrator of Section 4 is a mute disabled servant. And she is the closest to understanding the core of the 5

recommended by Alice.

A gift via Amazon from friend Alice in Colorado. It's one of her favorite books. This edition is a good-shape original hardbound from 1945. No dust cover ... I read a couple of pages last night to get the "feel" of things and liked what I read. Ms. Lofts' style sounds like a combo of caustic Dawn Powell and chatty Chas. Dickens. Should be fun.I only read 20 more pages last night, but there's plenty going on. It's all about the characters and plot. Not that much physical description of the town

This is a superbly written book that takes the unusual approach of portraying the title character through the eyes of people who were affected by her. That is actually highly relevant to modern life, as we are exposed to impressions about so many public figures yet rarely ever get to know them personally, but only through the revelations of others (many of whom only know the person superficially, if at all, themselves).Nevertheless, in Jassy's case one learns to 'read between the lines' of the