Lily of the Tower by Elizabeth Hart
„Lily of the tower” by Elizabeth Hart is that kind of novel that seems simple, yet it’s extremely complex, a combination of Emily Bronte’s „Wuthering Heights” concerning Lily’s character and situation and Jane Austen’s „Jane Eyre” concerning Agnes’s character involving her marriage and in the end, her love for Lily, the captive of the tower. Elizabeth Hart manages to introduce us to two wealthy families during Regency period of the Victorian Era’s England : the Netherfield’s and the Headey’s. Smoothly, the story flows by understanding our two main character’s situations. Lily Netherfield is the only daughter of the wealthy family and it’s expected soon to be married, yet she has an affair with her maid and her parents and her brother take her to an asylum and then imprison her in the family’s domain, because she is considered t be ill and reluctant to be cured. Lily is resigned, because she understands that even now, after their parents’ death, her brother looks at her with pi...