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quis, Mona recognizes that her source of future hap-Because of a serious illness Cartland became in-piness depends on making the right decision and even-terested in nutrition, especially proper diet and vita-tually accepts the Marquis' proposal. Some criticisms mins, and eventually created a series of books on the of the novel were favorable in the statement that importance of good health on individual appearance

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quis, Mona recognizes that her source of future happiness depends on making the right decision and eventually accepts the Marquis' proposal. Some criticisms of the novel were favorable as in the statement that the book was "a dramatic conflict of emotions, written with zest," but not all concurred. Others bitingly commented that the writing was "amateurish" and one stated "If this is Mayfair, then let me live in Whitechapel." Critics notwithstanding, Cartland's first work was published in six editions and five other languages, setting a precedent that has not ceased.