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Book Review of Lost Laysen

Lost Laysen
Lost Laysen
Author: Margaret Mitchell
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 3


An almost lost, nearly forgotten novella, it has parallels in characters and plot that are precursors to her triumphant Gone With the Wind. Laysen is a tropical isle that, like Vulcans Peak in Coopers The Crater, disappears in a volcanic eruption. There are the love triangle and the arch-villain, all neatly compressed in a little tale that somewhat reminds me of Somerset Maughams South Pacific stories.