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Eliza's Daughter
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ISBN/EAN: 9781448120437
Umbreit-Nr.: 2765453
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 196 S., 1.34 MB
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Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 31.08.2017
Auflage: 1/2017
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p>Seduced and abandoned by the faithless Willoughby, Colonel Brandons much-loved ward Eliza is sent to give birth in the countryside. But what becomes of her, and her daughter, the young Eliza?</p><p>Joan Aiken's sequel to Sense and Sensibility takes up the stories of Elinor and Marianne, but introduces a dashing new heroine who despite being a 'by-blow' and outcast, uses her wits and talents to find her own way in the world. This is a darker side of Regency society where a young girl who cannot marry for money must find a career, and brave the realities of the Napoleonic wars in Portugal.</p>
- Kurztext
- Seduced and abandoned by the faithless Willoughby, Colonel Brandon s much-loved ward Eliza is sent to give birth in the countryside. But what becomes of her, and her daughter, the young Eliza?Joan Aiken's sequel to Sense and Sensibility takes up the stories of Elinor and Marianne, but introduces a dashing new heroine who despite being a 'by-blow' and outcast, uses her wits and talents to find her own way in the world. This is a darker side of Regency society where a young girl who cannot marry for money must find a career, and brave the realities of the Napoleonic wars in Portugal.
- Autorenportrait
- <p>Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924. She was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken; her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge, is also a novelist. Before joining the 'family business' herself, Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel,<i>The Kingdom of the Cave,</i>was published in 1960.</p><p>Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Amanda Craig, writing in<i>The Times</i>, said, 'She was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew.' Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which<i>The Wolves of Willoughby Chase</i>was the first title, published in 1962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and<i>Black Hearts in Battersea</i>have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for<i>The Whispering Mountain</i>.</p><p>Joan Aiken was decorated with an MBE for her services to children's books. She died in 2004.</p>