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The Other Bennet Sister

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內容簡介 她是瑪莉，那個你在讀《傲慢與偏見》時不會在意的─班奈特家五姊妹裡的最不起眼的一個。 她被描述成一個書呆子，喜歡左派思想，整天埋首書中，不愛社交，外貌也沒有她的姊妹們來得出眾，在舞會表演唱歌卻被爸爸要她不要再丟人現眼。 但如果瑪莉有能力選擇，如果她其實也有自己的意志與想法，是否會活出不同於其他人的人生？ 故事從《傲慢與偏見》裡的舞會開始，從瑪莉的視角出發，有別於擅長唇槍舌戰的伊麗莎白，讓讀者一窺她早慧的內心、細膩且獨特的想法。 瑪莉因緣際會和伊麗莎白的摯友‧夏洛特成為朋友，甚至與在書中被嘲弄的柯林斯先生有著一段充滿智慧、耐人尋味的友誼。 面對兩個姐姐相繼出嫁和對她態度冷淡的父母，瑪莉慢慢開始思考，如果她想要獲得理解與關注，她也必須做出改變。 離開夏洛特家後，她前往倫敦的姑姑與姑丈家居住，不同於一心只想把女兒們早日嫁掉的班奈特太太，他們對瑪莉顯現出真正的關懷，而瑪莉也在這裡展開了另一段際遇... 作者Janice Hadlow巧妙地改寫了這個書中平板的角色，由於瑪莉在《傲慢與偏見》中是遺世獨立的存在，珍和伊麗莎白是一類，凱蒂和莉蒂雅又是另一類，只有瑪莉彷彿不屬於任何一邊，正是因為如此，也只有瑪莉可以展現出不同於她姐妹們─不同於珍奧斯汀原著的─獨特魅力，精心的布局與對白，會讓讀者忍不住真心應援支持瑪莉，即便是個不起眼的女主角，也值得一個美好的結局。 A NPR CONCIERGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Jane fans rejoice! . . . Exceptional storytelling and a true delight." ―Helen Simonson, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand and The Summer Before the War Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shadows and transforms into a desired woman with choices of her own. What if Mary Bennet’s life took a different path from that laid out for her in Pride and Prejudice? What if the frustrated intellectual of the Bennet family, the marginalized middle daughter, the plain girl who takes refuge in her books, eventually found the fulfillment enjoyed by her prettier, more confident sisters? This is the plot of Janice Hadlow’s The Other Bennet Sister, a debut novel with exactly the affection and authority to satisfy Jane Austen fans. Ultimately, Mary’s journey is like that taken by every Austen heroine. She learns that she can only expect joy when she has accepted who she really is. She must throw off the false expectations and wrong ideas that have combined to obscure her true nature and prevented her from what makes her happy. Only when she undergoes this evolution does she have a chance at finding fulfillment; only then does she have the clarity to recognize her partner when he presents himself―and only at that moment is she genuinely worthy of love. Mary’s destiny diverges from that of her sisters. It does not involve broad acres or landed gentry. But it does include a man; and, as in all Austen novels, Mary must decide whether he is the truly the one for her. In The Other Bennet Sister, Mary is a fully rounded character―complex, conflicted, and often uncertain; but also vulnerable, supremely sympathetic, and ultimately the protagonist of an uncommonly satisfying debut novel.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Janice HadlowJanice Hadlow worked at the BBC for more than two decades, and for ten of those years she ran BBC Two and BBC Four, two of the broadcaster’s major television channels. She was educated at Swanley School in Kent and graduated with a first class degree in history from King’s college, London. She is the author of A Royal Experiment, a biography of Great Britain’s King George III. She currently lives in Edinburgh. The Other Bennet Sister is her first novel.

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最佳賣點 : 《傲慢與偏見》衍生作品中的出色典範！請聽聽班奈特家最小的女兒‧瑪莉的故事