Vanity and Vexation : A Novel of Pride and Prejudice

by Fenton, Kate

• ISBN13: 9780312328016
• ISBN10: 031232801X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books

Summary

he BBC invades York to film the latest version of Pride and Prejudice. Impoverished novelist Llew Bevan watches with amusement as the glamorous invaders combine the filming of Jane Austen's romantic classic with the much less decorous pursuit, off-camera, of real-life romances with the locals. Under Llew's very nose, his bashful neighbor John is plucked out of a village dance by the famously gorgeous leading actress, Candia, and they at once fall madly in love. Our would-be hero manages only to trip over the black-booted foot of the imperious and intimidating director, Mary Dance. So he's amazed-not to mention alarmed-when her steely eye seems to be straying his way.

Author Biography

After Oxford, Kate Fenton was employed as a researcher at the House of Commons, by a MP, and played piano on the side. She later worked for the BBC, first as a researcher, then as a features and documentary producer, in Radio Wales, the World Service, and finally Radio 4 in London. She and her husband, actor Ian Carmichael, live with two spaniels in North Yorkshire where she writes her novels. This is her first novel published in the United States.

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"A must for any Jane Austen fan!"
- Melissa Nathan, author of Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field : A Novel

"An amusing, gender-reversing, media savvy, but still very British update of P&P."
-Paula Marantz Cohen, author of Jane Austen in Boca

"A sparkling, frothy tale... There are neat inversions of Austen's plot, lively characters, intelligent writing and a fun love affair."
- Elizabeth Buchan, bestselling author of Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

"Exciting, sexy, funny... This fresh optimistic tale is the perfect summer read... A witty and clever love story that will keep you gripped until the end - guaranteed to get even the most cynical of readers heaving a deep sigh of contentment."
- Company [UK]

"Frothy, humorous and slick."
- Daily Express [UK]