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An amusing, wry homage to Jane Eyre by one of the best novelists of the twentieth century.When newly orphaned Cassandra Dashwood arrives as governess to little Sophy, the scene seems set for the archetypal romance between young girl and austere widowed employer. Strange secrets abound in the ramshackle house. But conventions are subverted in this atmospheric novel: one of its worlds is suffused with classical scholarship and literary romance, but the other is chaotic, quarrelsome and even farcical. Cassandra is to discover that in real life, tragedy, comedy and acute embarrassment are never far apart.Read More

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    When newly orphaned Cassandra Dashwood arrives as governess to little Sophy the scene seems set for the archetypal romance between young girl and austere widowed employer. Strange secrets abound in the ramshackle house. But conventions are subverted in this atmospheric novel: one of its worlds is suffused with classical scholarship and literary romance but the other is chaotic quarrelsome and even farcical. Cassandra is to discover that in real life tragedy comedy and acute embarrassment are never far apart.

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    Palladian : Paperback : Little, Brown Book Group : 9781844087136 : 1844087131 : 04 Aug 2011 : An amusing, wry homage to Jane Eyre by one of the best novelists of the twentieth century.

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    An amusing wry homage to JANE EYRE by one of the best novelists of the twentieth century.

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    Elizabeth Taylor, Neel Mukherjee

  • 1844087131
  • 9781844087136
  • Elizabeth Taylor
  • 4 August 2011
  • Virago
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 208
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