Incipit: E 'a truth universally acknowledged that pleasant expectancy is usually preferred for its eventual implementation, as this realization follows inevitably restore daily routines, made even more onerous by the same diversions that have been received recently. Austen's family is going on holiday in Lyme Regis, but during the journey the car flips and the wound remains poor Cassandra. Jane, then, in the company of the driver, goes to the nearest house for help. Here he met the owner, Mr. Sidmouth, a type rude, disturbing, but fascinating.
In the days to come a series of deadly events shake the tranquility of the small seaside town, in fact a man is found hanged on the shore, and beside him is found a white lily.
Suspicions fall on the "Reverend" an enigmatic figure whose identity is unknown to all and that takes care of handling the smuggling activities of the so-called gentlemen of the night.
But those behind the figure of the Reverend? All they think about Mr. Sidhmouth, but Jane does not want to believe that the attempt everything, even putting at risk their lives to uncover the truth, considering the fact that another murder, with the same characteristics as the first, has led to the terror the people of Lyme. A second episode
perhaps even more exciting than the first. The writing of Barron makes us lose between the lines almost to think they have the same work before Austen. The characters are well delineated, the wit of Jane makes a fascinating character to which you are fond of. In addition, this second adventure in our heroine's heart beat feel, though, to remain faithful to the story of Jane, will be forced to abandon it.
An interesting detail: in the book "Strange Creatures" by Tracy Chevalier which tells the story of young Mary Anning who just discovered the first ichthyosaur eleven years, it says, between the final notes, who at that time happened to be passing Austen in those areas on holiday with his family. In the Book of
Barron, on the contrary, there is a note in which, speaking of fossils, is attributed to Mary Anning's great discovery in geology.
E 'was very nice to find this parallel, it seemed as if the two novels it is based and the characters meet by chance on the streets of Lyme but did not identify.
Some passages from the text.
• was a caricature of our time: a gentleman of feeble intellect that mimicked the appearance of nobility to conceal the lack of substance
• How can our hearts palpitino the sight of all that is beautiful, fast and daring, his back to the stolid predictability of what is usual and mediocre? Eva Solo, in the act of getting the apple, could provide the answer.
• I've noticed that men are very willing to make if they believe a service to a lady, and refuse if they feel they are pawns, although very often this is precisely the case.
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