The Elopement

Présentation

**Three women, two families, one forbidden marriage. Get ready to fall in love with this captivating regency novel, perfect for fans of *The Other Bennet Sister*!**

‘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*

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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 . . .

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Praise for *The Elopement*:

‘**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 Mail*

Readers 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

Caractéristiques

EAN13	9781804942802
ISBN	978-1-80494-280-2
Éditeur	Penguin
Date de publication	26 février 2026
Nombre de pages	480
Dimensions	19,6 x 12,8 x 2,9 cm
Poids	332g
Langue	anglais
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