Description
| Product ID: | 9781529093056 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Youngest Miss Ward |
| Authors: | Author: Joan Aiken |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical romance, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Historical fiction, Northamptonshire, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Youngest Miss Ward by Joan Aiken, is an innovative sequel to Jane Austen’s most controversial novel, Mansfield Park. <p><b>With imagination and authenticity Joan Aiken captures the customs and language of Austen’s England in this one of a kind sequel to Jane Austen's classic novel, <i>Mansfield Park</i>, revealing a subversive and unique heroine.</b><br><br>Harriet Ward, know as Hatty to her sisters, is treated with utter contempt by most of her family. Lacking the beauty that her older sisters inherited she is left without a dowry to care for their ill mother once her sisters are married off.<br><br>Sent to Portsmouth to live with her rumbustious uncle and cousins, Hatty turns her creative flair to poetry and believes she must become a governess. That is until handsome Lord Camber passes through town . . .<br><br><b>Jane Austen’s <i>Mansfield Park</i> famously narrates the story of poor little Fanny Price sent to live with her mother's grander sisters - the Ward family. Written almost two centuries later, Joan Aiken’s powerful sequel reverses the story and introduces us to <i>The Youngest Miss Ward</i>, Hatty, sent to fend for herself with the poor relations.</b><br><br>'Joan Aiken's invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon. She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for many years to come.' Philip Pullman</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-01-12 |
