Fullerton, Susannah
Summary: ""Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure," Elizabeth Bennet tells Fitzwilliam Darcy in one of countless exhilarating scenes in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The remembrance of Austen's brilliant work has given its readers pleasure for 200 years and is certain to do so for centuries to come. The book is incomparable for its wit, humor, and insights into how we think...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.7 FULHale, Shannon.
Summary: Divorced American Charlotte Kinder takes a trip to Regency staged Pembrook Park in Kent where she plays parlor games, learns country dances, and even lets herself be courted by her assigned suitor, the brooding, magnetic Mr. Mallery. But her vacation becomes more Northanger Abbey when she catches a fleeting glimpse of a dead body in a secret room.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALDoornebos, Karen.
Summary: Chloe Parker, a thirty-nine-year-old divorced mother and lifelong member of the Jane Austen Society, is concerned when her antique letterpress business falls on hard times and decides to audition for an Austen-inspired television show set in England, but it turns out what she thought was a documentary is a reality dating show set in 1812, and she finds herself competing with women younger, more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOOHale, Shannon.
Summary: "Jane is a young New York woman you can never seem to find the right man perhaps because of her secret obsession with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaption of Pride and Prejudice. But when a wealthy relative bequeaths to her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-obsessed women, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency era gentleman suddenly becomes more real...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010