![]() ![]() Vincent suffers a seizure-a side effect of too-much glamour. After the two collaborate on a stunning tableau vivant, an overworked Mr. He claims little interest in anything other than his “muse,” although he recognizes a kindred spirit in Jane. ![]() Vincent is gifted and intense, but lacking in social skills. An itinerant glamourist contracted by local aristocrat Lady FitzCameron to decorate her manor, Mr. Resigning herself to spinsterhood, Jane finds her creative impulses stoked by the arrival of one swarthy Mr. ![]() Dunkirk is also charged with the care of his teenage sister Beth, a lively girl who grows close to Jane while harboring an unhappy secret. Dunkirk, a regular visitor at their estate, and the handsome young officer Captain Livingston, newly returned from the navy. Melody’s potential suitors include their wealthy neighbor Mr. Her beautiful younger sister Melody is not as adept, but with a face like hers it hardly matters, as “plain” Jane ruefully acknowledges. Glamour, for Jane and other ladies of her class, is the ability to enhance daily living by conjuring up appealing scents, sounds and images out of thin air. Two marriageable British sisters search for suitable partners while practicing a benign sort of magic in this surreal Jane Austen update, the first novel from short-story writer Kowal.Ĭlever and kind, 28-year-old Jane Ellsworth can count painting and music among her many accomplishments, but it is her skill at “glamour” that really sets her apart. ![]()
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