I would give this a two and a half stars. This novel was honestly a chore to read for me considering it took me a month to do it. The idea of the lady's terrible circumstances and her necessity to do whatever she could to survive doesn't leave me without mark, though the repetition of her endeavours did. The descriptions were laughable at times and highly repetitious but one must admit if it didn't have what it did there would of been very little book. The saving feature for me was the ending (view spoiler)[ where she finds her love in the most random of places and once again pledges her heart and life to him. (view spoiler)[ The fact that her last words (view spoiler)[ about the sweetness of virtue and how it is much better than giving in to the dangers of vice, make this story into more of a morality play so to speak than a debauched erotic novel. (view spoiler)[ Truly its saving grace for me, which allows me to look far more kindly upon the whole of the story. (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]