Emma BrownEmma Brown
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Book, 2004
Current format, Book, 2004, 1st American ed., Available .Book, 2004
Current format, Book, 2004, 1st American ed., Available . Offered in 0 more formatsCharlotte Brontës death in 1855 deprived the world of what might have been her masterpiece. The twenty unfinished manuscript pages that are the nucleus of Emma Brownsignaled her most compelling work since Jane Eyrethe story of a young girl, Matilda, brought by her father to a small school in provincial Victorian England. The school, Fuschia Lodge, is foundering, so its headmistress is delighted to welcome a new pupilespecially one so elaborately dressed, with an apparently rich father who is quite the gentleman. But when Matildas tuition goes unpaid and it comes time to make arrangements for the Christmas holidays, she is shocked to find that the identity of the father, Conway Fitzgibbonlike the address he left behinddoes not exist.So who is the mysterious Matilda? She herself will not say, and it falls to a local gentleman, Mr. Ellin, and a childless widow, Isabel Chalfont, to unravel the truth. From the drawing rooms of English country society to the grimy backstreets of Londons seamiest reaches, from the dandified members of the citys elite clubs to the blowsy ranks of its brothels, Emma Brownfollows the searchfirst for Matildas true identity and then for the girl herself.With all the wit and pathos of the novels originator, Clare Boylans accomplished pen has seamlessly developed Brontës sketch of a girl without a past into a stunning portrait of a Victorian society with a shameful secret at its heart.
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