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![]() ![]() None of them had Heyer characters' sparkle and depth, but they were fun. ![]() Many of Heyer's stock characters are present: the older, jaded upper class man capable of falling in love wholeheartedly the rather clueless young buck the acclaimed beauty the spirited, naive young woman. There was a plot, and it had logic behind it. They never merged into each other or into an indistinguishable mass of humanity, as so often happens. About a dozen characters appear at Clarissa's newly-inherited estate-each with a distinct personality. The hand of an experienced writer is evident. The book adds that the author is a mystery writer who wrote this homage to Heyer and Austen anonymously. Of course, most of them wind up having their problems solved by marriage, but they do their own choosing of spouses, thank you. The quartet is quite a mixture of ages and personalities, but they truly love and support each other. In this case, four friends, former teachers at a now defunct school for girls, band together to avoid being objects of pity living under the roof of male relatives. ![]() The "poor relation"-a woman with limited funds and no man to protect her-is the staple of many a romance novel. Clarissa and the Poor Relations edition by Alicia Cameron Literature Fiction eBooks Download As PDF : Clarissa and the Poor Relations edition by Alicia Cameron Literature Fiction eBooks Clarissa and the Poor Relations edition by Alicia Cameron Literature Fiction eBooks ![]()
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