| Jane Austen in Boca Contributor(s): Cohen, Paula Marantz (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312319754 ISBN-13: 9780312319755 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a nice Jewish widower must be in want of a wife. In Cohen's novel, a witty twist on "Pride and Prejudice," the "village" is Boca Raton, Florida, and eligible men, especially ones in possession of a good fortune and country club privileges, are scarce. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Adaptations & Pastiche |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003046838 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Florida |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a nice Jewish widower must be in want of a wife. Jane Austen centered her classic novels around three or four families in a country village. So does Paula Marantz Cohen in this witty twist on Pride and Prejudice---except this time the village is Boca Raton, Florida. Eligible men are scarce in Boca. When good-hearted meddler Carol Newman learns that the wealthy and personable Norman Grafstein has lost his wife, she resolves to marry him off to her lonely mother-in-law, May. Even May's sharp-tongued friend Flo approves of Norman---although Norman's best friend Stan, a cynical professor, keeps getting under Flo's skin. Will May and Norman eventually find happiness? Will Flo succumb to the charms of the suavely cosmopolitan Mel Shirmer? Misunderstandings abound until love conquers both pride and prejudice in this perceptive, engaging comedy of manners. Complications and misunderstandings abound in this romantic and perceptive comedy of manners. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cohen, Paula Marantz: - Paula Marantz Cohen is Distinguished Professor of English at Drexel University in Philadelphia. She is the author of the novels, Jane Austen in Boca, Jane Austen in Scarsdale, and Much Ado About Jessie Kaplan, and four scholarly works of nonfiction, including Silent Film and the Triumph of the American Myth and The Daughter as Reader: Encounters Between Literature and Life. She lives in Moorestown, New Jersey, with her husband and two children. |