May, Lou & Cass: Jane Austen's nieces in Ireland

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Introduction: Daughters of the house -- "Everybody is rich there": Jane Austen and the Knights of Godmersham, 1779-1817 -- "Goodbye from the cowhouse": two weddings, a scandal and a refusal, 1817-1826 -- "No money -- all charms": Pride, prejudice, and persuasion, 1927-1934 -- "Wintering in England": Cassandra's marriage, 1834-1842 -- "The manners there": Louisa and Lord George, 1842-1849 -- "Our lost home": Marianne and her brothers, 1849-1860 -- "I can't live by myself": life after Godmersham, 1860-1881 -- "The fashion to be poor": Lady George, Miss Knight and Miss Hill, 1879-1895 -- Postscript: A new century.;The Knight sisters lead lives that bore a remarkable resemblance to the plots of their aunt's famous novels. They experienced the pains of blighted love, the joy of patience rewarded, and the sorrow of losing their childhood home. This is the story of the sisters' extraordinary journey from the ordered world of Regency England to the turbulent upheaval of nineteenth-century Ireland. Introduction: Daughters of the house -- "Everybody is rich there": Jane Austen and the Knights of Godmersham, 1779-1817 -- "Goodbye from the cowhouse": two weddings, a scandal and a refusal, 1817-1826 -- "No money -- all charms": Pride, prejudice, and persuasion, 1927-1934 -- "Wintering in England": Cassandra's marriage, 1834-1842 -- "The manners there": Louisa and Lord George, 1842-1849 -- "Our lost home": Marianne and her brothers, 1849-1860 -- "I can't live by myself": life after Godmersham, 1860-1881 -- "The fashion to be poor": Lady George, Miss Knight and Miss Hill, 1879-1895 -- Postscript: A new century.