William Morrow

9780063032002

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The Heiress

In perfectly Austenesque style, Molly Greeley imagines a backstory of the Pride and Prejudice character Anne de Bourgh, and it’s a perfectly joyful read.

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Review of ‘The Heiress’

Such is Jane Austen’s brilliance that our obsession with Pride and Prejudice has hardly ceased over the two centuries since its publication. Along with Austen’s ahead-of-her-time ingenuity in creating characters, some might say that her mastery of subplots is what has kept readers talking and wondering for centuries.

Take, for instance, the mystery around Mr.…

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