Mills & Boon and narrative theory
Mills & Boon novels have never been critically acclaimed and are frequently the butt of jokes. Despites the mocking, Mills & Boon romantic novels are immensly popular: Launched in 1909, over 160million books are sold worldwide each year. The author argues that they owe their success to the way they exploit the relationship between readers and texts - and suggests they can teach A Level students a thing or two about narrative theory.