The Austen girls
Worsley, Lucy2020
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By turns thrilling, dramatic, and inspiring, this is the story of Jane Austen's life as you've never heard it before. It is 1809 and Fanny and Anna have just been launched on to the ruthless Regency marriage market by Fanny's mother (think Mrs Bennet). But luckily their mysteriously wealthy Aunt Jane is there to guide them and help them make better choices - i.e. don't get married at all! Jane plays detective to help them rescue a falsely accused friend from being transported to Australia, while Anna impetuously makes and breaks an engagement. Fanny is forced to leave the marriage market when her mother dies and she has to look after ten siblings. She learns the secret of Jane's wealth and self-possession (she is, of course, a writer) and decides to follow in her footsteps.
Main title:
The Austen girls / Lucy Worsley ; illustrated by Joe Berger.
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Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2020.London : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2020.
Collation:
xii, 285 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9781526605450 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- FictionHistorical fictionYoung adult fictionTeenage FictionHistorical StoriesChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Romance & relationships storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Family & home storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
BRN:
2322311