First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen

by Charlie Lovett

Book Overview

A thrilling literary mystery costarring Jane Austen from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookman s Tale Charlie Lovett's newest book The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge is now available from Viking Book lover and Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has recently taken a job at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different customersrequest a copy of the same obscure book: the second edition of ALittle Book of Allegories by Richard Mansfield. Their queries draw Sophieinto a mystery that will cast doubt on the true authorship of Pride and Prejudice andultimately threatenSophie s life. In a dual narrative that alternates between Sophie s quest to uncover the truth while choosing between two suitors and a young Jane Austen s touching friendship withthe aging cleric Richard Mansfield, Lovett weaves a romantic, suspenseful, and utterly compelling novel about love in all its forms and the joys of a life lived in books."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525427244
• ISBN13: 9780525427247
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher