For fans of Longbourn and The Other Bennet Sister, this beautifully told story of marriage, duty and friendship follows Charlotte’s story from where Pride and Prejudice ends.
Everybody believes that Charlotte Lucas has no prospects. She is unmarried, plain, poor and reaching a dangerous age.
But when she stuns the neighbourhood by accepting the proposal of buffoonish clergyman Mr Collins, her fortunes change. Her best friend Lizzy Bennet is appalled by her decision, yet Charlotte knows this is the only way to provide for her future.
What she doesn’t know is that her married life will propel her into a new world: not only of duty and longed-for children, but secrets, grief, unexpected love and friendship, and a kind of freedom.
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Praise for
Charlotte
‘Sparkling . . . Will
delight Jane Austen fans ‘ Louisa Treger
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Beautifully written . . . paint[s] a vivid picture of female life in the 19th Century’ Rebecca Mascull
‘An utterly
compelling read’ Laura Carlin
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Astonishing ‘
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Circa l’autore
Helen Moffett is a South African writer, freelance editor, activist and award-winning poet. She has a Ph D on Pre Raphaelite poetry and has authored or co-authored university textbooks, short story anthologies, non-fiction books on the environment, two poetry collections and various academic projects. Charlotte is her first novel. She blogs at helenmoffett.com and can be found on Twitter @heckitty.
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