Gill Hornby

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The Elopement


Three women, two families, one forbidden marriage. Get ready to fall in love with the brand-new regency romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Godmersham Park and Miss Austen. ‘A richly imagined family saga, love story and social comedy’ Times'Gripping and moving and also so sharp and funny. I loved it!’ Sabine Durrant, bestselling author of Lie with Me‘Has all the wit and wisdom of a Jane Austen novel’ Red -----------------1820. Mary Dorothea is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward, a man of strict principles and high moral values. But when Sir Edward marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary’s life is suddenly changed. Mary’s new stepmother, Fanny, comes from a large, happy and sociable family, and Fanny’s brothers are amusing, handsome and completely charming. One brother is particularly attentive and, as Mary approaches her seventeenth birthday, a bond forms between them that leads, on the last day of the year 1825, to a proposal of marriage. Sir Edward’s outrage is immediate, his refusal isabsolute. The union will never take place. There appears to be only one solution . . . -----------------Praise for The Elopement:‘Hornby’s Austen books are funny, bittersweet family sagas, impeccably researched and lavishly imagined’ The Times 'Tremendous' Nigella Lawson'Has all Austen’s wit and unnerving powers of observation with an extra twenty-first century zap' Ferdinand Mount, prize-winning author of Big Ceasars and Little Caesars‘Few writers are as perspicacious or half as delightful as Hornby’ Karen Joy Fowler, international bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club‘A captivating return to the world of the Austens’ Woman & Home‘Combines meticulous period research with a fine feeling for the characters' inner lives, hopes and fears’ Daily MailReaders are loving The Elopement:'I was hooked from the first page' 5-star reader review'I loved every minute of this novel' 5-star reader review‘One of the best books I’ve read this year. It’s a delight - by turns refreshing, funny, romantic, poignant and touching’ 5-star reader review‘Full of warmth, wit and suspense’ 5-star reader review'It is so well-written with vivid period detail that I felt immersed in the Austen world and did not want it to end' 5-star reader review
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The Elopement


PRE-ORDER NOW: The new novel from the bestselling author of Miss Austen and Godmersham Park coming soon!''Has all Austen’s wit and unnerving powers of observation with an extra twenty-first century zap'' Ferdinand Mount''Few writers are as perspicacious or half as delightful as Hornby'' Karen Joy Fowler''Gripping and moving and also so sharp and funny. I loved it!’ Sabine Durrant____________1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward – a man of strict principles and high Christian values.But when her father marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary’s life is suddenly changed.Her new stepmother comes from a large, happy and sociable family and Fanny’s sisters become Mary’s first friends. Her aunt, Miss Cassandra Austen of Chawton, is especially kind. Her brothers are not only amusing, but handsome and charming.And as Mary Dorothea starts to bloom into a beautiful young woman, she forms an especial bond with one Mr Knight in particular.Soon, they are deeply in love and determined to marry. They expect no opposition. After all, each is from a good family and has known the other for some years.It promises to be the most perfect match. Who would want to stand in their way?____________Readers are loving The Elopement!''It is so well-written with vivid period detail that I felt immersed in the Austen world and did not want it to end.''''I was hooked from the first page.''''Sharply observed, well researched and wonderfully told''''I loved every minute of this novel''''A gem''
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The Elopement


Three women, two families, one forbidden marriage. Get ready to fall in love with the brand-new regency romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Godmersham Park and Miss Austen, now a major BBC TV series. 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.' 1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward - a man of strict principles and high Christian values. But when her father marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary's life is suddenly changed. Her new stepmother comes from a large, happy and sociable family and Fanny's sisters become Mary's first friends. Her aunt, Miss Cassandra Austen of Chawton, is especially kind. Her brothers are not only amusing, but handsome and charming. And as Mary Dorothea starts to bloom into a beautiful young woman, she forms an especial bond with one Mr Knight in particular. Soon, they are deeply in love and determined to marry. They expect no opposition. After all, each is from a good family and has known the other for some years. It promises to be the most perfect match. Who would want to stand in their way?
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Miss Austen


Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all? 1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles. She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she can never allow to be revealed. As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relationship with her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together buried truths about Jane's history, and her own. And she faces a stark choice: should she act to protect Jane's reputation, or leave the contents of the letters to go unguarded into posterity? Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen.
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Godmersham Park


Early evening, 1804: Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent. Alone and desperately in need of an independent income, she is to become a governess to twelve-year-old Fanny Austen. But her new role in this large household where she is neither a servant nor a member of the family is an awkward one, and Anne is keenly aware that one wrong move may result in her instant dismissal. Then dashing Henry Austen and his younger sister Jane come to stay. Both take an immediate interest in the pretty, clever governess, and Anne quickly becomes drawn into the above-stairs life of the Austen family. Soon, and despite her best efforts, she finds she is falling in love. But has her survival at Godmersham Park just become a good deal more precarious?
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Austen kisasszony


Anglia, 1840. Cassandra Austen imádott húga, Jane halála óta, immár két évtizede egyedül él, napjait a barátok és rokonok látogatása tölti ki, és persze a húga jó hírnevének megóvásába fektetett csendes, eltökélt munka. Cassandra, aki már betöltötte hatvanadik évét, és egészsége egyre törékenyebb, meglátogatja Kintburyben Fowle-ékat, régen elhunyt vőlegénye családját. Jane kincset érő leveleit keresi. Amikor házigazdáját és a minden lében kanál szobalányt kijátszva a levelek nyomára bukkan, nemcsak Jane-nel, de saját magával kapcsolatos titkokkal is szembesül. Vajon hajlandó lesz a világ szeme elé tárni életének legbensőségesebb részleteit, vagy tűzre veti húga hagyatékát? Az Austen kisasszony felváltva mutatja be a parókia életét és Cassandra élénk, a Jane-nel töltött évekről szóló emlékeit, közben megismerhetjük Jane zseniálisan elképzelt elveszett leveleit. A még sosem hallott történet Cassandráról szól, aki a legfontosabb szerepet töltötte be Jane életében. Gill Hornby rendkívüli empátiával, összetett érzelmek ábrázolásával és szellemességgel ismeri el Cassandra érdemeit. A nő, akit életre kelt, éppen olyan elragadó, mint akármelyik Austen-hősnő.
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Miss Austen


Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all? 1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles. She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she can never allow to be revealed. As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relationship with her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together buried truths about Jane's history, and her own. And she faces a stark choice: should she act to protect Jane's reputation, or leave the contents of the letters to go unguarded into posterity? Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen.
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Austen kisasszony


Anglia, 1840. Cassandra Austen imádott húga, Jane halála óta, immár két évtizede egyedül él, napjait a barátok és rokonok látogatása tölti ki, és persze a húga jó hírnevének megóvásába fektetett csendes, eltökélt munka. Cassandra, aki már betöltötte hatvanadik évét, és egészsége egyre törékenyebb, meglátogatja Kintburyben Fowle-ékat, régen elhunyt vőlegénye családját. Jane kincset érő leveleit keresi. Amikor házigazdáját és a minden lében kanál szobalányt kijátszva a levelek nyomára bukkan, nemcsak Jane-nel, de saját magával kapcsolatos titkokkal is szembesül. Vajon hajlandó lesz a világ szeme elé tárni életének legbensőségesebb részleteit, vagy tűzre veti húga hagyatékát? Az Austen kisasszony felváltva mutatja be a parókia életét és Cassandra élénk, a Jane-nel töltött évekről szóló emlékeit, közben megismerhetjük Jane zseniálisan elképzelt elveszett leveleit. A még sosem hallott történet Cassandráról szól, aki a legfontosabb szerepet töltötte be Jane életében. Gill Hornby rendkívüli empátiával, összetett érzelmek ábrázolásával és szellemességgel ismeri el Cassandra érdemeit. A nő, akit életre kelt, éppen olyan elragadó, mint akármelyik Austen-hősnő.
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Méhkas


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The Hive


Welcome to St Ambrose Primary School. A world of friendships, fights and feuding. And that's just the mothers. It's the start of another school year at St Ambrose. But while the children are in the classroom colouring in, their mothers are learning sharper lessons on the other side of the school gates. Lessons in friendship. Lessons in betrayal. Lessons in the laws of community, the transience of power...and how to get invited to lunch. Beatrice - undisputed queen bee. Ruler, by Divine Right, of all school fund-raising, this year, last year and, surely, for many years to come. Heather - desperate to volunteer, desperate to be noticed, desperate just to belong. Georgie - desperate for a fag. And Rachel - watching them all, keeping her distance. But soon to discover that the line between amused observer and miserable outcast is a thin one. The Hive is an irresistible, brilliantly observed novel - warm, witty and true. Wickedly funny, it is also a fascinating and subtle story about group politics and female friendship. From the joys and perils (well, mainly perils) of the Lunch Ladder, to the military operation that is the Car Boot Sale, via the dos and don'ts of dressing your child as a dalek, all human life is here.
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