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02116aam a22003978i 4500 001 485EE9ACBAF511E394DE3CC6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220331010500 008 130920s2014 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2013031100 020 $a 0805099921 (hardback) 020 $a 9780805099928 (hardback) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a PR6107.R369 $b S44 2014 082 00 $a 823/.92 $2 23 084 $a FIC000000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Grant, Katharine, $d 1958- 245 10 $a Sedition : $b a novel / $c Katharine Grant. 263 $a 1404 264 1 $a New York : $b Henry Holt and Company, $c 2014. 300 $a pages cm. 520 $a "The setting: London, 1794. The problem: Four nouveau riche fathers with five marriageable daughters. The plan: The young women will learn to play the piano, give a concert for young Englishmen who have titles but no fortunes, and will marry very well indeed. The complications: The lascivious (and French) piano teacher; the piano maker's jealous (and musically gifted) daughter; the one of these marriageable daughters with a mating plan of her own. While it might be a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a title and no money must be in want of a fortune, what does a sexually awakened young woman want? In her wickedly alluring romp through the late-Georgian London, Italian piano making, and tightly-fitted Polonaise gowns, Katharine Grant has written a startling and provocative debut"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Fathers and daughters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Marriage $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Piano teachers $v Fiction. 650 7 $a FICTION / General. $2 bisacsh 651 0 $a London (England) $x History $y 18th century $v Fiction. 941 $a 5 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728010644.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200402010317.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006074818.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418101715.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20140513160333.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=485EE9ACBAF511E394DE3CC6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search