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From Publishers Weekly
The Austen connection is tenuous but real: Austen-Leigh is the great-granddaughter of Jane Austen's nephew. Here she offers a retelling of Emma that's at once playful and respectful. By adopting the point of view of Mary Goddard, headmistress of the school where the ingenuous Harriet Smith is a parlor boarder, the modern-day author is able-with a minimum of intrusion-to observe much of the romantic goings-on of Highbury's young singles. Like Jane Austen's own early novel, Lady Susan, this tale proceeds through an exchange of letters, between Mary Goddard and her much younger sister, Charlotte Pinkney, currently on her second marriage-to an overly reserved and unaccountably stingy husband. Mrs. Goddard regales her unhappy sister with a chronicle of the romantic mishaps well known to Emma fans. Then Mrs. Pinkney recounts the small events of her own life, her thawing relations with her new husband and an amusing trip to Bath, during which she meets Mr. Elton and his odious bride-to-be. As the narrative wends its way to its buoyant conclusion, alert readers can amuse themselves by picking up the author's numerous sly references to the world of 19th-century writers and literature. Though the tone does not ring true in scattered moments, for the most part this novel adds a pleasing postscript to Austen's brilliant original.
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From Library Journal
Sequels to Jane Austen's novels have become quite popular of late, notably two works based on Pride and Prejudice: Emma Tennant's Pemberley (LJ 11/1/93) and Julia Barrett's Presumption (LJ 9/15/93). In her novel Emma, Jane Austen created a lively, independent-minded young heroine who lived in the village of Highbury. Now a descendant of Austen's nephew has written a companion novel that tells a parallel story through the correspondence of Mary Goddard, the headmistress of a local school, and her London-based sister, Charlotte Pinkney. Old and new characters spring to life through the use of the lively repartee fundamental to regency romances. Charlotte is especially engaging with her sharp eye and even sharper tongue. Both sisters help two younger women find true love, and, in the course of this matchmaking, Charlotte finds that her own marriage of convenience has some spark after all. Recommended for fiction collections.
--Patricia Altner, Information Seekers, Bowie, Md.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
See all Editorial Reviews
The Austen connection is tenuous but real: Austen-Leigh is the great-granddaughter of Jane Austen's nephew. Here she offers a retelling of Emma that's at once playful and respectful. By adopting the point of view of Mary Goddard, headmistress of the school where the ingenuous Harriet Smith is a parlor boarder, the modern-day author is able-with a minimum of intrusion-to observe much of the romantic goings-on of Highbury's young singles. Like Jane Austen's own early novel, Lady Susan, this tale proceeds through an exchange of letters, between Mary Goddard and her much younger sister, Charlotte Pinkney, currently on her second marriage-to an overly reserved and unaccountably stingy husband. Mrs. Goddard regales her unhappy sister with a chronicle of the romantic mishaps well known to Emma fans. Then Mrs. Pinkney recounts the small events of her own life, her thawing relations with her new husband and an amusing trip to Bath, during which she meets Mr. Elton and his odious bride-to-be. As the narrative wends its way to its buoyant conclusion, alert readers can amuse themselves by picking up the author's numerous sly references to the world of 19th-century writers and literature. Though the tone does not ring true in scattered moments, for the most part this novel adds a pleasing postscript to Austen's brilliant original.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Sequels to Jane Austen's novels have become quite popular of late, notably two works based on Pride and Prejudice: Emma Tennant's Pemberley (LJ 11/1/93) and Julia Barrett's Presumption (LJ 9/15/93). In her novel Emma, Jane Austen created a lively, independent-minded young heroine who lived in the village of Highbury. Now a descendant of Austen's nephew has written a companion novel that tells a parallel story through the correspondence of Mary Goddard, the headmistress of a local school, and her London-based sister, Charlotte Pinkney. Old and new characters spring to life through the use of the lively repartee fundamental to regency romances. Charlotte is especially engaging with her sharp eye and even sharper tongue. Both sisters help two younger women find true love, and, in the course of this matchmaking, Charlotte finds that her own marriage of convenience has some spark after all. Recommended for fiction collections.
--Patricia Altner, Information Seekers, Bowie, Md.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
See all Editorial Reviews
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