title: Emma: A Latter-day Tale
author:  Rebecca H. Jamison 
description: "...[a] funny, well-paced Mormon-themed take on Austen's often retold classic...Jamison's writing is engaging and full of vivid, amusing lines..." -- Publisher's Weekly --Publisher's Weekly
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  Splendid
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Julia Quinn
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For my mother, who let me drag her to all those bookstores.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And for Paul, even though he insisted that the title ought to be Splendid in
  the Grass.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Prologue
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Boston, Massachusetts
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  February 1816
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "You're sending me away?" Emma Dunster's violet eyes were wide open with shock
  and dismay.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Don't be so dramatic," her father replied. "Of course I'm not sending you
  away. You're just going to spend a year in London with your cousins."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Emma's mouth fell open. "But... why?"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  John Dunster shifted uncomfortably in his chair. "I just think that you ought
  to see a little more of the world, that's all."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "But I've been to London. Twice."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Yes, well, you're older now." He cleared his throat a few times and sat back.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "But-"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "I don't see why this is such a hardship. Henry and Caroline love you like
  their own, and you 