Mariana

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Mariana
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Monica Dickens's first book, published in 1940, could easily have been called Mariana - an Englishwoman. For that is what it is: the story of a young English girl's growth towards maturity in the 1930s. We see Mary at school in Kensington and on holiday in Somerset; her attempt at drama school; her year in Paris learning dressmaking and getting engaged to the wrong man; her time as a secretary and companion; and her romance with Sam. We chose this book because we wanted to publish a novel like Dusty Answer, I Capture the Castle or The Pursuit of Love, about a girl encountering life and love, which is also funny, readable and perceptive; it is a 'hot-water bottle' novel, one to curl up with on the sofa on a wet Sunday afternoon. But it is more than this. As Harriet Lane remarks in her Preface: 'It is Mariana's artlessness, its enthusiasm, its attention to tiny, telling domestic detail that makes it so appealing to modern readers.'
Country USA
Brand Persephone Books
Manufacturer Persephone Books
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781906462048
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Persephone Books
Manufacturer	Persephone Books
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781906462048
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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