To make things worse, she's been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemmas reception there is a chilly one. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. Its 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Gemma leaves her home in India to go to a boarding school in England after her mother dies. It is told from the perspective of Gemma Doyle, a girl in the year 1895. This juxtaposition of detailed worlds forms the book's heart. It is told from the perspective of Gemma Doyle, a girl in the late 1800s. A Great and Terrible Beauty is the first novel in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray. Set in a time of corsets and Latin lessons, A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY contrasts the freedom of a fantasy world - and the dark edges of power - with Victorian society's constraints on women. A Great and Terrible Beauty is the first novel in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray. This novel is the first book in The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray, and it takes place in 19th-century London, complete with balls, corsets, hankies with little initials embroidered on the corner, and horse poop lying around the streets.
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