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Magic & Manners

par C. E. Murphy

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It is a truth universally accepted that well-bred members of Society are not beleaguered with magic. For Elsabeth Dover and her sisters, that truth means living in a perpetual state of caution, never using their sorcerous gifts in public. Elsabeth chafes under the stricture, but not enough to risk the possibility of good marriages for her sisters...until she meets handsome, arrogant Fitzgerald Archer. Elsabeth, attracted to Archer's wit and offended by his manner, strives to keep her youngest, impetuous sister's use of magic in check so that their eldest sister, Rosamund, might find happiness with Archer's wealthy friend Mr Webber. But when Elsa fails to keep young Leopoldina in line, Archer's disapproval of the family taint means an abrupt end to Rosamund's hopes, and leads to a terrible discovery about the price of magic....… (plus d'informations)
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This is a Jane Austen knockoff, let's say that upfront. I enjoyed it immensely.

The Dover family lives at Oakton in circumstances that will be remarkably familiar to readers of Austen's Pride & Prejudice. Mr. Dover's family has a secret that could ruin them: Magic runs in the Dover line, and the five daughters are afflicted by it. That is why they live quietly in the country rather than in town. This may not be enough.

The five daughters are Rosamunde, Elsabeth, Ruth, Matilda, and Leopoldina. When Mr Robert Webber moves into the neighborhood, with his sisters Julia Webber and Mrs. Gibbs, Mr. Gibbs, and his friend Fitzgerald Archer, familiar events follow--with differences. Magic makes a very great difference. The fact that this is an alternate world where English gentry and nobility intermarry with gentry and nobility from the kingdoms of Africa makes a less obviously dramatic difference.

There's little point in talking about the plot, since it's very familiar. Murphy does some interesting things with it, though. I always thought there was a better outcome available, and a fairly obvious one, for the middle daughter. Murphy clearly agreed! It's nicely handled, and you will wind up liking Ruth a great deal more than Mary.

There's also another interesting development, that I hesitate to discuss too directly as it would be a spoiler. I'll just say that the phrase "Boston marriage' applies.

This is light, fun, and entertaining.

Recommended.

I received a free copy of this audiobook from Audible in exchange for an honest review. ( )
  LisCarey | Sep 19, 2018 |
This was an engaging historical with magic. The five Dover sisters are burdened with magic. The also have a silly mother who has big ambitions for her daughters. They have a loving father who also has magic. The story is mostly told from the viewpoint of the second sister who is Elsabeth.

Her mother's hopes are raised when a new family - the Webbers - move to the estate next door. Mr. Webber is accompanied by his sisters, his brother-in-law, and his good friend Mr. Archer. Mrs. Dover sees two potential suitors for her daughters. The oldest sister Rosamund falls for Mr. Webber and Elsabeth is in turn put off by Mr. Archer's haughty stance. However, magic is not at all acceptable in the upper classes and the taint of it may make the girls unmarriageable. Hiding it becomes increasingly difficult when the youngest daughter, who is very vain and self-absorbed, uses magic to attract the attention of a handsome soldier named Captain Hartnell who is a cad of the highest order.

First, a misunderstanding separates Rosamund and Mr. Webber. Then a misplaced proposal separates Mr. Archer from Elsabeth. Then a scandal created by the youngest daughter Dina threatens the security of the whole family. Along the way Elsabeth learns more about magic in general and becomes incensed that society keeps her from using it. I loved the way Elsabeth grew through the story.

This was a great story with fascinating characters, sly humor, and romance. ( )
  kmartin802 | May 7, 2016 |
Thought last night I'd read a few pages, pah, finished the damned book. In a world something like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice but with magic as something that is considered shameful, unwanted and possessed by all of the daughters of the Dover household, in various ways. They have to suppress their abilities and appear ordinary, but the magic keeps getting free, sometimes in unexpected ways. They must find husbands as their house is to go to a cousin when their father dies (entail sucks) and without husbands they will be dependant on charity, but the magic is an obstacle.

I want to visit Fitzgerald August's Library.

I liked it, it largely follows the romances of Pride and Prejudice but with interesting twists and turns and complications due to the magic. I found it very enjoyable and today I am somewhat sleep deprived. ( )
2 voter wyvernfriend | May 3, 2016 |
Possible spoilers here!

This is a re-write of Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" but with the addition of magic.

Now, I am a huge fan of the original P&P! And the first few chapters here were almost entirely copied from Austen, with only a few deviations to add in the magic. OK, fair enough.

I did like some of the changes (and here we get into SPOILER territory! Please not that I am using the original P&P names for the characters to avoid confusion...): I loved that Mr. Collins married Mary, because I had always thought they were perfect for each other. Charlotte also found a better fate than in P&P. Darcy and his family is part African, which has a minor amount to do with the plot; racism is not apparently a feature of Society in this book, replaced by bigotry against magic-users.

The renaming of the P&P characters was heavy-handed: Leopoldina, really, instead of Lydia???

And as the book progressed, the characters got increasingly modern in sensibility, to the point of regularly violating decorum in favor of modern explicit speech. I suppose if one has found the characters and motivations of P&P to be too subtle, this might be an improvements, but... There were also several more action-adventure events that I felt did not add substantially to the plot.

In short, Austen tends to understate; Murphy very much does not- the plot points are exceedingly explicit.

It was rather fun to read for this P&P fan, but the more I read, the less satisfactory it became for me.

This is the second P&P- based novel I've read recently; it's probably time for me to have yet another re-read of the brilliant original! ( )
  cissa | Apr 15, 2016 |
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It is a truth universally accepted that well-bred members of Society are not beleaguered with magic. For Elsabeth Dover and her sisters, that truth means living in a perpetual state of caution, never using their sorcerous gifts in public. Elsabeth chafes under the stricture, but not enough to risk the possibility of good marriages for her sisters...until she meets handsome, arrogant Fitzgerald Archer. Elsabeth, attracted to Archer's wit and offended by his manner, strives to keep her youngest, impetuous sister's use of magic in check so that their eldest sister, Rosamund, might find happiness with Archer's wealthy friend Mr Webber. But when Elsa fails to keep young Leopoldina in line, Archer's disapproval of the family taint means an abrupt end to Rosamund's hopes, and leads to a terrible discovery about the price of magic....

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