{"product_id":"mariana-audiobook","title":"Mariana (audiobook)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe chose to publish \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMariana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebecause we wanted a novel like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDusty Answer\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Capture the Castle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pursuit of Love\u003c\/em\u003e, about a young woman encountering life and love, which is also funny, readable and perceptive; it is a 'hot-water bottle' novel, one to curl up with on the sofa on a wet Sunday afternoon. '\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMariana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of my favourite books', Jilly Cooper told us. 'I adored it when I was young and am enchanted that this fantastic love story is now available to a new legion of readers.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonica Dickens was the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMariana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas her second book and was published in 1940. We meet Mary in the 1930s at school in Kensington and on holiday in Somerset, then follow her attempt at drama school; her year in Paris learning dressmaking and getting engaged to the wrong man; her time as a secretary and companion; and her romance with Sam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut it is also more than this. As Harriet Lane observes in her Preface: 'It is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMariana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e's artlessness, its enthusiasm, its attention to tiny, telling domestic detail that makes it so appealing to modern readers.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMariana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis part of the Persephone Audiobook Collection\u003cstrong\u003e produced in partnership with Macmillan Collector's Library.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available as a Persephone Grey, a Persephone Classic \u003cspan\u003eand a \u003c\/span\u003ePersephone eBook\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable wherever you usually get your audiobooks.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Monica Dickens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54098810470707,"sku":"dpg1789695100944","price":18.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/mariana-audiobook_1.jpg?v=1789695106","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/mariana-audiobook","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}