Unmarriageable : a novel

Summary: "In this retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in modern-day Pakistan, Alys Binat has sworn never to marry--until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider. A scandal and vicious rumor in the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriages, but Alys, the second and most practical of the five Binat daughters, has found happiness teaching English literature to schoolgirls. Knowing that many of her students won't make it to graduation before dropping out to marry and start having children, Alys teaches them about Jane Austen and her other literary heroes and hopes to inspire them to dream of more. When an invitation arrives to the biggest wedding their small town has seen in years, Mrs. Binat excitedly sets to work preparing her daughters to fish for eligible--and rich--bachelors, certain that their luck is about to change. On the first night of the festivities, Alys's lovely older sister, Jena, catches the eye of one of the most eligible bachelors. But his friend Valentine Darsee is clearly unimpressed by the Binat family. Alys accidentally overhears his unflattering assessment of her, and quickly dismisses him and his snobbish ways. But as the days of lavish wedding parties unfold, the Binats wait breathlessly to see if Jena will land a proposal--and Alys begins to realize that Darsee's brusque manner may be hiding a very different man from the one she saw at first glance"--

Item details

ISBN: 9781524799717
ISBN: 1524799718
ISBN: 198481740X
ISBN: 9781984817402
ISBN: 9781524799724 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
342 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019
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- Most Copies: 1 / 5.0
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 1 / 5.0

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-338).

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Young women Pakistan Fiction
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Genre:

Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Romance fiction.
Love stories.
Romance fiction.
Romances.

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