{"product_id":"mariana","title":"Mariana","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/four-hedges.jpg?v=1593029839\u0026amp;width=700\" style=\"float: none;\" width=\"480x480\" height=\"480x480\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePREFACE BY HARRIET LANE\u003cbr\u003e400pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780953478019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWe chose to publish \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMariana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e because we wanted a novel like \u003cem\u003eDusty Answer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eI Capture the Castle\u003c\/em\u003e or \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 is 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. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMariana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was 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 \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\u003eAlso available as a Persephone Classic, a Persephone eBook and a Persephone Audiobook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eThe endpaper is a voile dress fabric designed in 1933 when Mary would have been 18: brightly-coloured tulips are surrounded by swirls of green, white and blue, images of freedom and happiness that evoke the simplicity and beauty of an English country garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicture Caption\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e© Clare Leighton 1935 from Persephone Quarterly No.1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Monica Dickens","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098756436275,"sku":"bwx1789694389396","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098756469043,"sku":"tqh1789694389397","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098756501811,"sku":"uzm1789694389398","price":30.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098756534579,"sku":"soo1789694389399","price":50.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/mariana_1.jpg?v=1789694423","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/mariana","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}