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008			120327s2012 enk e 000 f eng d
015			_aGBB234205 _2bnb
016	7		_a016063529 _2Uk
020			_a9781908800046
020			_a9781908800053 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)784581287
035			_a(AuCNLKIN)000049585117
035			_a(eLGAR).b26795140
040			_aSALS _beng _cSALS _dNHUR
082	0	4	_a823.92
100	1		_910631 _aWeldon, Fay, _d1933- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHabits of the house / _cFay Weldon.
260			_aLondon : _bHead of Zeus, _c2012.
300			_a314 p. ; _c22 cm.
440			_aLove & inheritance _nbk 1
490	1		_aLove & inheritance trilogy ; _vbk. 1
520			_aFay Weldon's new novel takes us inside the lives of an aristocratic household in the last three months of the nineteenth century. It's a time of riot and confusion, social upheaval, war abroad and shortage of money. Tea gowns are still laced with diamonds; there are still nine courses at dinner, but bankruptcy looms for the Dilbernes. Whilst the Earl, gambler and man about town, must seek a new post in government; his wife Lady Isobel's solution is to marry off their son Arthur to a wealthy heiress, and without delay. But how? It's the end of the season, and choices are few. There's Minnie O'Brien from Chigaco - rich enough, but daughter of a stockyard baron, and with a vulgar mother and dubious past. Hardly suitable ...! Fay Weldon tells this tale of restraint and desire, manners and morals with wit and sympathy - if no small measure of mischief - as young Minnie and Arthur, thrown together by their parents, strive to determine their own destiny.
650		0	_aAristocracy (Social class) _zEngland _vFiction. _910632
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2gsafd
655		7	_aLove stories. _2gsafd
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcsh
650		0	_914236 _aHousehold employees _vFiction.
651		0	_918912 _aLondon (England) _xHistory _y19th century _vFiction.
800			_aWeldon, Fay, _tLove & inheritance trilogy ; _vbk. 1. _910631 _d1933- _eauthor.
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