Quote: 'One thing I do know, is that there is no pleasure on this earth better than reading. I have been transported to realms beyond my wildest imagining, to places I shall never see, for they are at the other side of the world, or do not exist at all. And I have been made to cry and laugh and to think and be peaceful, and all of this I have got from books.'
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Summary
Ursula Flight is an unusual young woman. At least for the 17th Century she is. Her father has brought her up with book learning, she can read, write and do mathematics as well as speak various languages. This is the story of Ursula's coming of age, through heartbreak, scoundrels and the terrors that befell a 'wench' of the day, Ursula is determined to live her dream of becoming a playwright against all odds.
Review
The Illumination of Ursula Flight is one of those unusual novels which not only endears you to the heroine throughout but leaves you feeling like you've been touched by a ray of sunshine by the time it comes to a close.
I loved the character of Ursula she was so strong willed, and passionate but feminine and girly as well one minute worrying about fashion and the next covering herself in ink blotches and terrorising the neighbourhood. I felt her joy and her happiness but I also felt her sorrow and pain.
Not only were the characters great however and I could wax lyrical about them all, it was a great story with beautiful writing and a great amount of comedy to boot. Ursula does not only illuminate herself but the readers as well.