Critiques en avant-première
Harriet is an intriguing and original "take" on Jane Austen's immortal Emma, by Publishers Weekly’s 2021 BookLife Prize quarterfinalist, Alice McVeigh. In it she imagines that Harriet is clever enough to pretend to be stupid, in order to flatter Emma Woodhouse’s vanity, and to gain a foothold in society.
The Blurb: Emma, a privileged young heiress, decides to mentor Harriet Smith, a pretty boarding-school pupil, and to matchmake her as eligibly as she can… But how is she to guess that Harriet has a secret?
Meanwhile, the brilliant, penniless Jane Fairfax consents to a clandestine engagement with Frank Churchill – though not daring to confess, even to him, that she is being relentlessly pursued by her best friend’s husband.
Harriet sidelines Emma herself in favour of the ingenious Harriet and the fascinating Jane Fairfax. It is Emma – but an Emma with a surprisingly believable twist in its tail.
- Médias
- Ebook
- Genres
- General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Offert par
- AliceMcVeigh (Auteur)
- Lot
- May 2022 Débute: 2022-05-02Terminé: 2022-05-30
- En vente
- 2022-02-03
- Pays
- Disponible pour tous les pays
- Liens
- Information de l'éditeur
Page de l'oeuvre LibraryThing - Receipt
- 2 a critiqué, 6 marked not received
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