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The Heiress (Molly Greeley)
Short version: an excellent take on Anne de Bourgh from Pride and Prejudice with a couple of research failures which probably won't bother you unless you're British, and possibly not then.
Long version: Anne's notorious 'delicacy' is actually due to laudanum use and addiction, prescribed by the family doctor and a tempting tool for her mother. She runs away to London and... well, I'm posting in this community. The other half of the pairing is an original character, who I found very well-drawn and a good foil to Anne.
I was thrown out by some Britpicking errors (Brighton beach: not sandy, as anyone who's had seagulls steal their chips there can tell you) and was irritated by Anne finding the Book of Common Prayer dull despite having read it through severa times (nobody does this! and there are plenty of bits that aren't dull at all) but these were really quite small matters compared to the book as a whole. Overall, I'd recommend it.
Long version: Anne's notorious 'delicacy' is actually due to laudanum use and addiction, prescribed by the family doctor and a tempting tool for her mother. She runs away to London and... well, I'm posting in this community. The other half of the pairing is an original character, who I found very well-drawn and a good foil to Anne.
I was thrown out by some Britpicking errors (Brighton beach: not sandy, as anyone who's had seagulls steal their chips there can tell you) and was irritated by Anne finding the Book of Common Prayer dull despite having read it through severa times (nobody does this! and there are plenty of bits that aren't dull at all) but these were really quite small matters compared to the book as a whole. Overall, I'd recommend it.