Consider the Consequences
The Original 1930s Romance Gamebook
Published on 11. September 2025
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-80533-262-6 (ISBN)
Description
<b>The original interactive novel, first published in 1930!
</b><b>The course of true love never did run smooth, but now you have only yourself to blame!</b>
Will you choose to play as Helen - young, beautiful, excited about exploring the big, wide world-or one of the two men who love her?
There is the irresistible young rake, Jed Harringdale, who is wealthy and charming but hopelessly unreliable. Or the dependable and devoted Saunders Mead-who thinks the world of Helen, but might just be a little bit dull?
Which one will Helen choose? Perhaps she chooses neither? It's all up to you! Navigate your way through dilemmas and crises aplenty in this classic interactive romance novel to one of 43 different endings.
Reviews / Votes
The original choose your own adventure novel... The gorgeously retro Consider the Consequences is a true gem [and] a surprisingly powerful reminder that the way our lives look is because of the choices we made along the way * Sunday Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
264 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80533-262-6 (9781805332626)
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Persons
Doris Webster (1885-1967) and Mary Alden Hopkins (1876-1960) co-authored a series of pioneering party books throughout the 1920s and 30s. Alongside her writing work, Doris was a director of the Rider Press, while Mary was a journalist and activist who campaigned for women's suffrage in the United States. Together they wrote Consider the Consequences, which in 1930 became the world's first ever interactive gamebook.