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A chance encounter at a London ball between Mary Crawford,
beautiful, vivacious and wealthy and Fanny Price's brother William,
now Captain Price of His Majesty's Navy, starts a correspondence
that leads Mary Back to Mansfield Park, to work her old magic on
the feuding Bertram family , and find love while war sweeps over
Europe.
This light-hearted retelling of the latter part of the story of the
Trojan War, with its heroes obsessed with keeping up with the
Ionians and where the next payment on the Coptic Solarium is coming
from should appeal to modern readers. Its close adherence to the
ancient sources should amuse genuine classicists too.
This light-hearted retelling of the age-old tale of Troy should
strike a chord with modern readers, with its heroes who are more
concerned with keeping up with the Ionians and making the next
payment on their GT chariots than with heroics, and its Olympian
Gods with the morals and manners of playground hooligans. Its close
adherence to the original sources should amuse genuine Classicists
too.
Now that she is Miss Dashwood, Margaret, the erstwhile "Terror of
the Seas" must carve out her own role in life. Her sisters, Elinor
and Marianne, are both happily married and supremely content with
their roles, but Margaret, while admitting that piracy is no longer
a viable option, is determined to do something different, and to
seek fame and fortune in her own way. Find out how she succeeds in
her ambition, in this latest homage to the inimitable Jane Austen
from the author of 'Pride Unprejudiced', 'To Make Sport for our
Neighbours', and 'Naples to Northanger'.
Classicists and non-classicists alike should enjoy this
light-hearted retake on the story of how the Trojan War began.
While sticking closely to the ancient texts for its events, its
gods with the morals of five-year-old hooligans, and its heroes
constantly worried about keeping up with the Atreidae and where the
next payment on the new special use chariot is going to come from
should strike a chord with modern readers.
Read this book to find out the backstory of Eleanor Tilney and her
childhood sweetheart, the viscount she marries at the end of
Northanger Abbey. Follow them through their honeymoon in Europe as
the Peace of Amiens between England and France breaks down, and
they escape back to England in time for Henry and Catherine's
wedding.
Mr Bennet, of Longbourn, records his journey across Europe to visit
his daughter Lydia and her husband Wickham in their new home. He
also reveals the vital part played by the Bennet family in events
which were to redraw the map of the continent.
This book reveals the vital role played in Jane Austen's most
famous romance by her most unpopular character, the oily clergyman,
Mr. Collins. It is a respectful but light-hearted account of what
might have happened, and, for all we know, did.
Colonel Brandon's adventures in India and in England both before
and after he met Marianne Dashwood.
Have you ever wondered exactly what Jane Fairfax, Frank Churchill
and the mysterious Mr. Dixon got up to in Weymouth during the
summer before the events recounted in Emma? Well, now is your
chance to find outing this latest homage to the immortal Jane
(Austen not Fairfax from the author of "Pride Unprejudiced".)
In this spirited but faithful sequel to The Last Chronicle of
Barset we carry on from where Anthony Trollope so frustratingly
left off. We meet all our old favourites again -Archdeacon Grantly,
Bishop Proudie, Glendora and Planty Pall, and the Reverend Josiah
Crawley among others. But most of all this is the continuing love
story of Johnny Eames, the poor clerk, and Lily Dale ,the squire's
daughter. Johnny has already proved his love twice, in The Small
House at Allington and The Last Chronicle of Barset , but so far in
vain. Will this be a case of third time lucky?
Danny is a young boy growing up in the impoverished north east of
England in the nineteen sixties. He tells the story of a fateful
summer that began in hope and ended in tragedy, and changed his
life forever.
A light hearted tribute to Pride and Prejudice, as imagined by the
youngest Dashwood sister from Sense and Sensibility.
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