![]() ![]() That, along with her wealth, should allow her to snag a fine husband.Īfter a rattling experience on the trip to Edenbrooke, and a detour that introduces her to a dashing man whom she can’t help but like, Marianne finally finds herself at the beautiful, sprawling estate. The trip to Edenbrooke should be a good opportunity for her to observe respectable women and become a proper young lady. ![]() Her grandmother also surprises her by telling her before she leaves that she will be the recipient of her considerable fortune when she dies, but only if she can learn to leave her country ways behind and act like an elegant woman of distinction. She is pleased to receive an invitation from Lady Caroline, an old friend of her mother’s, to join Cecily at her grand estate, Edenbrooke. Marianne misses her family and her home in the country and feels stifled in the town of Bath. ![]() Her grief-stricken father escaped to France after her mother’s accident, and her beautiful twin sister, Cecily, has been living in London. Since her mother’s death more than a year ago, Marianne Daventry has been living in Bath with her grandmother. ![]()
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