CATHARINE OR THE BOWER

(“Catharine o el cenador”) | Jane Austen & Concha Pasamar | Avenauta, Spain | 96pp | 13 x 22 cm | 15+

Catharine Percival is a thoughtful and passionate young woman who finds solace in reading, in the memory of an absent friend, and in walks to a small gazebo, her secret place. But her quiet life is disrupted by the arrival of a frivolous and charming cousin and by the appearance of a young man who awakens in her both new emotions and certain doubts. In this short novel written in her youth, Jane Austen already displays her irony, her sharpness in portraying human character, and her critique of social conventions. An early but surprisingly mature portrait of a heroine who begins to search for her place in the world.

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