"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. So here's a thing I find I'm looking forward to: Sense and Sensibility, by Joanna Trollope (October 29, 2013, from HarperCollins).
John Dashwood promised
his dying father that he would take care of his half sisters. But his
wife, Fanny, has no desire to share their newly inherited estate. When
she descends upon Norland Park, the three Dashwood girls—Elinor,
Marianne, and Margaret—are faced with the realities of a cold world and
the cruelties of life without their father, their home, or their money.
Reimagining Sense and Sensibility in a fresh, modern new light, Joanna Trollope spins the novel’s romance, bonnets, and betrothals into a wonderfully witty coming-of-age story about the stuff that really makes the world go around. For when it comes to money, some things never change....
*****
Reimagining Sense and Sensibility in a fresh, modern new light, Joanna Trollope spins the novel’s romance, bonnets, and betrothals into a wonderfully witty coming-of-age story about the stuff that really makes the world go around. For when it comes to money, some things never change....
*****
Not exactly the author's name you expected to see paired with that title, is it? I hadn't heard of this project until I ran across this book in the "Coming Soon" section of Fantastic Fiction, and I was immediately intrigued. I've never read anything by Joanna Trollope before, but I'm a big fan of Jane Austen, and I agree that her work is broadly applicable to this day.
I'll also be quite interested to see what Val McDermid makes of Northanger Abbey, the next title up for reimagining.
I'll also be quite interested to see what Val McDermid makes of Northanger Abbey, the next title up for reimagining.
I am always willing to try an Austen retelling. I had not seen this one before now. Thank you for the heads up.
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Looks like it should be interesting.
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