Valerie S. (VolunteerVal) -
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Confession: I'm an avid reader who has never read Pride and Prejudice (or watched any of the movie adaptations)! However, I plan to remedy this very soon after devouring The Heiress by Molly Greeley.
This slim novel with its stunning cover (have you ever seen a bottle of laudanum look so good?) shares an imagined life for Anne de Bourgh beyond the pages of P & P. The plot includes societal and parental expectations, opium addiction, forbidden love, and many P & P characters and places.
Molly Greeley's love of books and reading is evident throughout the second half of the novel when Anne discovers the joy of reading. Avid readers can relate to the swirl of emotions while in the midst of a powerful reading experience, and Ms. Greeley describes it beautifully in a section of The Heiress.
I'm glad I read this beautiful novel; I know it will impact my eventual P & P reading experience in wonderful ways.
This slim novel with its stunning cover (have you ever seen a bottle of laudanum look so good?) shares an imagined life for Anne de Bourgh beyond the pages of P & P. The plot includes societal and parental expectations, opium addiction, forbidden love, and many P & P characters and places.
Molly Greeley's love of books and reading is evident throughout the second half of the novel when Anne discovers the joy of reading. Avid readers can relate to the swirl of emotions while in the midst of a powerful reading experience, and Ms. Greeley describes it beautifully in a section of The Heiress.
I'm glad I read this beautiful novel; I know it will impact my eventual P & P reading experience in wonderful ways.
Regina (virgosun) reviewed The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh on + 888 more book reviews
Quite lovely and oftentimes poetic. Anne de Bourgh gets a wonderful and empowering tale all her own. A joy to see her transform from sickly child to independent woman.
