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01931aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 AF394CA8A94B11E598245BCDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151223012709 008 141208t20152015nyu 000 f eng d 020 $a 9781250071712 020 $a 1250071712 035 $a (OCoLC)897776030 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $e rda $d BKL $d OCLCO $d SILO 100 1 $a Grant, Katharine, $d 1958- $e author. 245 14 $a The marriage recital / $c Katharine Grant. 250 $a First Picador edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Picador/Henry Holt and Company, $c 2015. 300 $a 307 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a "First published under the title Sedition by Henry Holt and Company, LLC."--Title page verso 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. 651 0 $a London (England) $x History $y 18th century $v Fiction. 740 0 $a Sedition 941 $a 1 952 $l BGPE251 $d 20151230010143.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AF394CA8A94B11E598245BCDDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search