The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet

Written by: Colleen McCullough
Category: Fiction
Genre: Historical Fiction, General

Book Details:

ISBN 10: 0732287227
ISBN 13: 9780732287221
Format: Hardback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Date Published: Australia, October 1st, 2008
Language: English
Condition: Very Good
Appearance: Normal library stamps and stickers. Dust jacket is laminated. Condition is very good.

Synopsis:

Everyone knows the story of Elizabeth and Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. But what about their sister Mary, she of the atrocious singing voice and the staidly religious bent of mind? Master storyteller Colleen McCullough paints a life for Mary Bennet twenty years after Jane Austen's novel closes. So far on in time, each of Mary's sisters is settled in her own way. Happily married Jane is the mother of many children. Elizabeth has to cope with an unwelcome social pre–eminence she had not envisioned. Lydia is still entranced by military officers and Kitty is one of the stars of London's fashionable salons. Events transpire that free Mary from her family obligations and dangle the allurements of independence before her hungry gaze. Fired with zeal by the newspaper letters of the mystery man Argus, she resolves to publish a book about the plight of England's poor. Plunging from one predicament into another, Mary embarks upon a mission of investigation that eventually leads her into mortal danger and reveals the surprising identity of Argus.

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