The Semi-Attached Couple
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (544 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00NG5PH72 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
“A comic gem.” —The New York Times
"Little gem" according to A Boesiger. Enjoyed the plot. Little too much time spent on the politics but thevstiry of the characters msfr up for that.. A novel of Manners, Money and Marriage. Zou Zou Emily Eden's novels are usually recommended as what to read when you've exhausted your collection of Jane Austen. Both authors wrote wonderful stories of love, folly and society. The Semi-Attached Couple concerns the brief courtship and not so harmonious marriage of Lady Helen Eskdale and Lord Teviot. The reader meets the friends and supposed friends of the aristocratic Eskdale family. The novel opens with Helen having second thoughts on her betrothal and up. Jaylia said Austenesque Victorian romance that begins at what’s usually the “happy ever after”. Victorian author Emily Eden admired Jane Austen--and it shows in her astute and witty prose which delighted this Janite--but she begins her book where Jane’s stories end, with a wedding. Lovely Helen has all the ingredients for 19th century happiness. She’s beloved by her large well-off family and she’s about to marry wealthy Lord Teviot, who charmed her when they danced together. But being good Victorians they haven’t actually spent
Now the question is: Can they keep their marriage from falling apart?The Semi-Attached Couple explores the upstairs-downstairs intrigues and comic misunderstandings central to the classic English romance with all the wit, style, and charm of a Jane Austen novel. The worst thing to happen to the season’s perfect couple: marriage When the young and gorgeous Helen Eskdale met the wealthy aristocrat Lord Teviot, everything clicked. This was a couple that was meant to be—the match of the year, if not the ages. But in the rush to the altar, there was no time for bride and groom to actually get to know each other. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.