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1) Agnes Grey
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Anne Bronte's first novel, Agnes Grey , combines an astute dissection of middle-class social behavior and class attitudes with a wonderful study of Victorian responses to young children which has parallels with debates about education that continue to this day. In writing the novel, Bronte drew on her own experiences, and one can trace in the work many of the trials of the Victorian governess, often stranded far from home, and treated with little...
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When Paul Manning begins working as an engineer clerk for the railroad, he decides to move in with his mother's family on their farm. There, he is able to be closer to his job as the railroad paves the way for further industrialization of rural areas. While Paul is advancing in his career and settling in his new home, his attention is held by his cousin, Phillis. Paul and Phillis become quick friends and confidants. Worried for her, Paul keeps a close...
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Human foibles and early nineteenth-century manners are satirized in this romantic tale of English country family life as Elizabeth Bennet and her four sisters are encouraged to marry well in order to keep the Bennet estate in their family.
"A lo largo de una trama que discurre con la precisión de un mecanismo de relojería, Jane Austen perfila una galería de personajes que conforman un perfecto y sutil retrato de época: las peripecias de una dama...
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School for manners volume 1
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St. Martin's Press
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c1988
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Living in genteel poverty, spinsters Amy and Effy Tribble open a school for manners to prepare young ladies for marriage. Felicity Baronsheath, their first assignment, is more of a challenge than they could have imagined. Will her future, and their new business, end in disaster?
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"Seven Seas is pleased to present Pride and Prejudice, an all-new, illustrated edition of Jane Austen’s most famous novel, now brought to life in a unique way featuring manga-styled artwork that will appeal to readers and fans of all ages. Alongside Jane Austen’s original, unadulterated text, this edition includes over 120 delightful black-and-white full-page illustrations, four color inserts, and gorgeous wrap-around cover art. Elizabeth...
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School for manners volume 6
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Effy and Amy Tribble take on the task of introducing Harriet Brown, the proper daughter of a Methodist minister, to Regency society, but their quest is frustrated by Lord Charles Marsham, a rakish gambler, who is perversely wooing their charge.
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School for manners volume 3
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St. Martin's Press
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1989
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The Tribble sisters' School for Manners has taken in Delilah, a beautiful country heiress. What puzzles everyone is why such a beauty is unmarried at twenty-three. The answer might be found in the handsome person of Sir Charles Digby, recently returned from the Napoleonic Wars.
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School for manners volume 2
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When Fiona Macleod is sent by her guardian aunt and uncle to spend a London season with the Tribble sisters, it is something of a last resort. At nineteen, Fiona is a beautiful and wealthy Scottish heiress, yet for some mysterious reason, her several proposals of marriage over the past few years have all fallen through at the last moment.
11) Animating Maria
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School for manners volume 5
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St. Martin's Press
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c1990
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The School for Manners' new client is beautiful, impeccably mannered, graceful, well-dowered, and a perfect candidate for marriage. But when the Duke of Berham meets Maria's vulgar, boorish parents, he quickly withdraws his proposal. Can Amy and Effy somehow salvage the engagement?
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School for manners volume 4
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St. Martin's Press
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©1989
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Amy and Effy, chaperones-for-hire, are determined to help Clarissa become the stately, graceful woman that will win the Earl of Greystone's heart.
13) Pugs & prejudice
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Classic tails volume 1
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Wildfire
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2017.
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Mrs Bennet has five unmarried daughters, living in a house that can only be inherited by a male heir. The Bennet litter must be married off soon -- but to whom? Adorable Mr Bingley seems like a perfect match for beautiful and sweetly tempered Jane Bennet; and perhaps his dashing but aloof companion Mr Darcy might be just right for her witty sister Elizabeth? Or perhaps not...
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