EMMA WATSON: The Watsons Completed. by Aiken, Joan.

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EMMA WATSON: The Watsons Completed.

Edition: First US printing.

New York: St Martin's, (1996). Hardcover first edition - "In Austen's bleak and sketchy The Watsons, probably begun in 1804 and never finished, Elizabeth Watson confides to sister Emma, with whom she has been reunited after Emma's 14 years with kind Aunt Maria, grim thoughts on their single state: 'You know we must marry . . . it is very bad to grow old and be poor and laughed at.' . . Their sisters Penelope and Margaret are generally unpleasant. Aiken picks up Austen's tale and carries it imaginatively along: heartaches abound: Elizabeth's former suitor marries another; kind brother Sam is refused marriage to pleasant Mary Edwards, pledged to dim Lord Osborne. . . Before the close, when lovers will traipse off hand in hand, there will be reversals and upheavals; a fatal accident; a destructive theft and elopement; disclosure of an old scandal; a rescue; and even a rousing horse race. As always, for those attuned to Austen, and to Aiken's imaginative, respectful variations, simply charming." (Kirkus). ISBN: 0-312145934.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 85505
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