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Sparkling comedy of provincial manners concerns a well-intentioned young heiress and her matchmaking schemes that result in comic confusion for the inhabitants of a 19th-century English village. Droll characterizations of the well-intentioned heroine, her hypochondriacal father, plus many other finely drawn personalities make this sparkling satire of provincial life one of Jane Austen's finest novels.
Synopsis:
When the bright and beautiful young heiress from whom this novel takes its name finds herself in want of occupation, she takes up matchmaking--much to her neighbors' distraction and the reader's mirth.
Synopsis:
In one of Austen's finest novels, a lively young heiress takes up matchmaking and creates comic confusion for a social-climbing parson, a chatterbox spinster, an enigmatic Romeo, and others in a 19th-century English village.
"Synopsis"
by Ingram,
When the bright and beautiful young heiress from whom this novel takes its name finds herself in want of occupation, she takes up matchmaking--much to her neighbors' distraction and the reader's mirth.
"Synopsis"
by Firebrand,
In one of Austen's finest novels, a lively young heiress takes up matchmaking and creates comic confusion for a social-climbing parson, a chatterbox spinster, an enigmatic Romeo, and others in a 19th-century English village.
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