Series: Warleigh Hall Jane Austen Series (1)
$1.38
Historical Fiction
“McVeigh displays a brilliant, spot-on command of Austen's diction and tone.” - Kirkus Reviews Harriet is an intriguing and original take on Jane Austen's immortal Emma. * starred Editor's Pick on Publishers Weekly *current finalist for Foreword Indies Book of he Year *current finalist for Chanticleer's Chatelaine Award *gold medallist, Global Book Awards *selected as one of the top 100 books of 2022, Shelf Unbound magazine *finalist in the International and American Book Awards Emma, a privileged young heiress, decides to mentor Harriet Smith, a pretty boarding-school pupil, and to matchmake her as eligibly as she can… But how is she to guess that Harriet has a secret? Meanwhile, the brilliant, penniless Jane Fairfax consents to a clandestine engagement with Frank Churchill – though not daring to confess, even to him, that she is being relentlessly pursued by her best friend’s husband. Harriet sidelines Emma herself in favour of the ingenious Harriet and the fascinating Jane Fairfax. It is Emma – but an Emma with a surprisingly believable twist in its tail.