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Jane Austen in Boca

Author : Paula Marantz Cohen
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 142990299X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen in Boca written by Paula Marantz Cohen and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a nice Jewish widower must be in want of a wife. Jane Austen centered her classic novels of manners around "three or four families in a country village." So does Paula Marantz Cohen in her novel, a witty twist on Pride and Prejudice--except this time, the "village" is Boca Raton, Florida. Eligible men, especially ones in possession of a good fortune and country club privileges, are scarce. When goodhearted meddler Carol Newman learns that the wealthy Norman Grafstein has lost his wife, she resolves to marry him off to her lonely mother-in-law, May. The novel charts the progress of May's love life as well as that of her two closest friends: the strong-minded former librarian Flo Kliman and the flamboyant Lila Katz. If there weren't confusion enough, Flo's great-niece Amy, a film student at NYU, suddenly arrives with a camera crew determined to get it all on tape. Will May and Norman eventually find happiness? Will Flo succumb to the charms of the suavely cosmopolitan Mel Shirmer? Will Amy's movie about them win an Academy Award--or at least a prize at the NYU student film competition? Complications and misunderstandings abound in this romantic and perceptive comedy of manners.

Jane Austen in Scarsdale

Author : Paula Marantz Cohen
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312366575
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen in Scarsdale written by Paula Marantz Cohen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-01-23 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of "Jane Austen in Boca" combines the wit and romance of Austen's "Persuasion" with a brilliantly astute look at the frenzy of college admissions in this irresistible comedy of manners.

Jane Austen in Boca

Author : Paula Marantz Cohen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780739431511
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen in Boca written by Paula Marantz Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twist on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" in which a good-hearted meddler vows to find a way to match her lonely mother-in-law up with a recently widowed millionaire

Jane Austen in Boca

Author : Paula Marantz Cohen
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312319755
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen in Boca written by Paula Marantz Cohen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-10-09 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A send-up of "Pride and Prejudice" set in a Florida retirement village follows a circle of retirees on a voyage of love and manners.

An Assembly Such as This

Author : Pamela Aidan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416534210
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book An Assembly Such as This written by Pamela Aidan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first installment in Pamela Aidan’s irresistible trilogy, An Assembly Such As This takes us into the world of Jane Austen’s Fitzwilliam Darcy. “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me.” So begins the timeless romance of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen's classic novel is beloved by millions, but little is revealed in the book about the mysterious and handsome hero, Mr. Darcy. And so the question has long remained: Who is Fitzwilliam Darcy? In An Assembly Such as This, Pamela Aidan finally answers that long-standing question. In this first book of her Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman trilogy, she reintroduces us to Darcy during his visit to Hertfordshire with his friend Charles Bingley and reveals Darcy's hidden perspective on the events of Pride and Prejudice. As Darcy spends more time at Netherfield supervising Bingley and fending off Miss Bingley's persistent advances, his unwilling attraction to Elizabeth grows—as does his concern about her relationship with his nemesis, George Wickham. Setting the story vividly against the colorful historical and political background of the Regency, Aidan writes in a style comfortably at home with Austen but with a wit and humor very much her own. Aidan adds her own cast of fascinating characters to those in Austen's original, weaving a rich tapestry from Darcy's past and present. Austen fans and newcomers alike will love this new chapter of the most famous romance of all time.

What Alice Knew

Author : Paula Marantz Cohen
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402243561
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book What Alice Knew written by Paula Marantz Cohen and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A marvelously rich and intelligent read, atmospheric, witty, irreverent, and not least a sharply perceptive portrait of those three extraordinary Jameses." -John Banville, author of The Infinities Under Certain Circumstances, No One Is More Suited to Solving a Crime than a Woman Confined to Her Bed An invalid for most her life, Alice James is quite used to people underestimating her. And she generally doesn't mind. But this time she is not about to let things alone. Yes, her brother Henry may be a famous author, and her other brother William a rising star in the new field of psychology. But when they all find themselves quite unusually involved in the chase for a most vile new murderer-one who goes by the chilling name of Jack the Ripper-Alice is certain of two things: No one could be more suited to gather evidence about the nature of the killer than her brothers. But if anyone is going to correctly examine the evidence and solve the case, it will have to be up to her. Praise for Paula Marantz Cohen "Cohen's wit is sharp, smart, and satirical, and her characterizations are vividly on target." -San Francisco Chronicle

Suzanne Davis Gets a Life

Author : Paula Marantz Cohen
Publisher : Paul Dry Books
ISBN 13 : 1589880951
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Suzanne Davis Gets a Life written by Paula Marantz Cohen and published by Paul Dry Books. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Incredibly charming…Suzanne Davis Gets a Life has an emotional honesty and moments of real wisdom."—Philadelphia Inquirer Cohen "portrays timeless and universal challenges through a buoyant combination of humor, pathos, and gumption."—Booklist "Suzanne Davis Gets a Life isn't just seriously entertaining, it's entertainingly serious…I want my romantic comedy heroines to have wit, but I want them to have character too, and be as interested in the world as in themselves. Paula Marantz Cohen has given me all of that."—Margo Jefferson A "witty commentary on contemporary life, enriched by a funny, flawed, and likable heroine."—Kirkus "Ms. Cohen is a perceptive, comic writer."—Wall Street Journal Suzanne Davis lounges around her tiny New York City apartment in her pajamas, writing press releases for the International Association of Air-Conditioning Engineers, listening to the ticking of her biological clock, and wondering where life is taking her. As her 35th birthday looms, Suzanne embarks on a wrong-headed, but very funny, quest—to find Mr. Right and start the family she hopes will give meaning to her life. Her quest plunges us into the world of her Upper West Side apartment building, a world of overly invested mothers, fanatical dog-owners, curmudgeonly longtime residents, and young (and not so young) professionals. All are keenly observed by Suzanne, whose witty self-deprecation endears her to us even as it makes us want to shake some sense into her. Light in its tone but incisive in its social satire, Suzanne Davis Gets a Life balances its wit with true concern for its protagonist. We can’t help but wish Suzanne success in “getting a life.” But can such a search possibly yield the meaning she craves? When her extremely annoying mother arrives on the scene, it appears that her plan has been hijacked. But serious illness opens her to new people and a new perspective. She ends by getting a life—even as she may lose one.

Vanity and Vexation

Author : Kate Fenton
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312328023
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Vanity and Vexation written by Kate Fenton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this modern-day retelling of Pride and prejudice, novelist and occasional journalist Nicholas Llewellyn Bevan watches as a television production company invades his small Yorkshire town to film Jane Austen's romantic classic.

Color Me Jane

Author : Jacqui Oakley
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 : 0451496566
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Color Me Jane written by Jacqui Oakley and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Color in Elizabeth and Darcy, Anne and Captain Wentworth, Emma and Mr. Knightly, and all your favorite scenes and moments from the world of Jane Austen's classic novels. • Artist Jacqui Oakley provides page after page of iconic scenes, delicious hand-drawn Austen quotes, and sumptuous Regency-inspired fashions to color. • The perfect gift for any artistically-inclined Austen fanatic! • Comes with eight pull-out posters to color in and display.

Much Ado About Jessie Kaplan

Author : Paula Marantz Cohen
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9781429903004
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Much Ado About Jessie Kaplan written by Paula Marantz Cohen and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paula Marantz Cohen's triumphant first novel, Jane Austen in Boca, was an inspired blend of classic English literature and modern American manners. Her new novel heads north to the seemingly quiet suburban town of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, for a comedy that even Shakespeare couldn't have imagined. Carla Goodman is worried. Her husband, a gastroenterologist in private practice, is coming home frazzled because medicine isn't what it used to be. Her son's teachers want to put him on Ritalin to stop him from wreaking havoc on the fifth grade. And her cranky twelve-year-old daughter has a bas mitzvah coming up. But it's Carla's sweet, widowed mother, Jessie Kaplan, who really has her baffled. Jessie has suddenly "remembered" that she was Shakespeare's girlfriend---the Dark Lady of the sonnets---in a previous life. Can even the famed Dr. Leonard Samuels, psychiatrist and author of the self-help book How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love My Mother-in-Law, help with problems like these? Witty, engaging, and wickedly observant, Much Ado About Jessie Kaplan is an unpredictable tale of love, loss, and family rites of passage.

Set This House in Order

Author : Matt Ruff
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0061983640
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Set This House in Order written by Matt Ruff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andy Gage was born in 1965 and murdered not long after by his stepfather. . . . It was no ordinary murder. Though the torture and abuse that killed him were real, Andy Gage's death wasn't. Only his soul actually died, and when it died, it broke in pieces. Then the pieces became souls in their own right, coinheritors of Andy Gage's life. . . . While Andy deals with the outside world, more than a hundred other souls share an imaginary house inside Andy's head, struggling to maintain an orderly coexistence: Aaron, the father figure; Adam, the mischievous teenager; Jake, the frightened little boy; Aunt Sam, the artist; Seferis, the defender; and Gideon, who wants to get rid of Andy and the others and run things on his own. Andy's new coworker, Penny Driver, is also a multiple personality, a fact that Penny is only partially aware of. When several of Penny's other souls ask Andy for help, Andy reluctantly agrees, setting in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy the stability of the house. Now Andy and Penny must work together to uncover a terrible secret that Andy has been keeping . . . from himself.

Mr. Darcy's Obsession

Author : Abigail Reynolds
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402254695
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Darcy's Obsession written by Abigail Reynolds and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The more he tries to stay away from her, the more his obsession grows... What if...Elizabeth Bennet was more unsuitable for Mr. Darcy than ever... Mr. Darcy is determined to find a more suitable bride. But then he learns that Elizabeth is living in London in reduced circumstances, after her father's death robs her of her family home... What if...Mr. Darcy can't Help himself from see king her out... He just wants to make sure she's alright. But once he's seen her, he feels compelled to talk to her, and from there he's unable to fight the overwhelming desire to be near her, or the ever-growing mutual attraction that is between them... What if...Mr. Darcy's intentions were shockingly dishonorable... "[Reynolds] has creatively blended a classic love story with a saucy romance novel." —Austenprose "Developed so well that it made the age-old storyline new and fresh...Her writing gripped my attention and did not let go."—The Romance Studio "The style and wit of Ms. Austen are compellingly replicated...spellbinding. Kudos to Ms. Reynolds!" —A Reader's Respite

Wickham's Diary

Author : Amanda Grange
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402251874
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Wickham's Diary written by Amanda Grange and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11 July 1784 Why should I be beneath Fitzwilliam? I am just as handsome as he is; I am just as intelligent, even though he works harder at his books; and I am just as amusing; in fact I dare say I am a great deal more amusing, for Fitzwilliam is so proud he will not take the trouble to entertain other people. Yet although he is no better than me, when he grows up he will inherit Pemberley, and I will inherit nothing... Jane Austen's ultimate bad boy finally gets his say. Face with an uncertain future—while his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy is set for life—dastardly George Wickham plots and cavorts in this rollicking prequel to Pride and Prejudice. Bestselling author Amanda Grange daringly explores the inner turmoil and secret motivations of the character every Austen fan loves to hate... Praise for Mr. Darcy's Diary: "Grange tells Darcy's story in her own style, with charm and a gentle wit. While her characters are true to Austen's creations, a couple of surprises lurk, only adding to the reader's pleasure."—Susan Higginbotham, author of The Traitor's Wife

Pride & Promiscuity

Author : Arielle Eckstut
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 068487265X
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Pride & Promiscuity written by Arielle Eckstut and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a pitch-perfect literary parody, Eckstut and Auburn claim to have stumbled upon lost manuscript pages from Jane Austen's novels, along with shocking letters to her sister and publisher. The "excerpts" take readers behind closed doors to behold some very naughty goings-on among the characters of "Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma", and all of Austen's novels.

The Man Who Loved Jane Austen

Author : Sally Smith O' Rourke
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0758243081
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Loved Jane Austen written by Sally Smith O' Rourke and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When New York artist Eliza Knight buys an old vanity table one lazy Sunday afternoon, she has no idea of its history. Tucked away behind the mirror are two letters. One is sealed; the other, dated May 1810, is addressed to "Dearest Jane" from "F. Darcy"--as in Fitzwilliam Darcy, the fictional hero of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Could one of literature's most compelling characters been a real person? More intriguing still, scientific testing proves that the second, sealed letter was written by Jane herself. Caught between the routine of her present life and these incredible discoveries from the past, Eliza decides to look deeper and is drawn to a majestic, 200-year-old estate in Virginia's breathtaking Shenandoah Valley. There she meets the man who may hold the answer to this extraordinary puzzle. Now, as the real story of Fitzwilliam Darcy unfolds, Eliza finds her life has become a modern-day romance, one that perhaps only Jane herself could have written. . . "Fascinating. . .pays tribute to Jane Austen's enduring ideals of romantic love." --Booklist "O'Rourke's latest is mysterious yet romantic as she reveals secrets of Jane Austen's life." --Romantic Times Sally Smith O'Rourke lives in Monrovia, California, where she is working on her next novel.

Alfred Hitchcock

Author : Paula Marantz Cohen
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081315328X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock written by Paula Marantz Cohen and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative study traces Alfred Hitchcock's long directorial career from Victorianism to postmodernism. Paula Marantz Cohen considers a sampling of Hitchcock's best films—Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho—as well as some of his more uneven ones—Rope, The Wrong Man, Topaz—and makes connections between his evolution as a filmmaker and trends in the larger society. Drawing on a number of methodologies including feminism, psychoanalysis, and family systems, the author provides an insightful look at the paradox of a Victorian-style gentleman who evolved into one of the leading masters of the modern medium of film. Cohen posits that Hitchcock's films are, in part, a masculine response to the domestic, psychological novels that had appealed primarily to women during the Victorian era. His career, she argues, can be seen as an attempt to balance "the two faces of Victorianism": the masculine legacy of law and hierarchy and the feminine legacy of feeling and imagination. Cohen asserts that Hitchcock's films reflect his Victorian legacy and serve as a map for ideological trends. She charts his development from his British period through his classic Hollywood years into his later phase, tracing a conceptual evolution that corresponds to an evolution in cultural identity—one that builds on a Victorian inheritance and ultimately discards it.

Jane Austen For Dummies

Author : Joan Elizabeth Klingel Ray
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118050541
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen For Dummies written by Joan Elizabeth Klingel Ray and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains Austen's methods, motivations, and morals The fun and easy way(r) to understand and enjoy Jane Austen Want to know more about Jane Austen? This friendly guide gives the scoop on her life, works, and lasting impact on our culture. It chronicles the events of her brief life, examines each of her novels, and looks at why her stories - of women and marriage, class and money, scandal and hypocrisy, emotion and satire - still have meaning for us today. Discover * Why Austen is so popular * The impact on manners, courtships, and dating * Love and life in Austen's world * Her life and key influences * Her most memorable characters