I loved to be tomorrow,
walking always a few feet behind today.
Little did I know then the cruel pantomime I would
be coerced into making come true.
The daughter of a celebrated Parisian actress, Adèle is a homesick, forlorn eight-year-old when first brought to Thornfield Hall by Edward Fairfax Rochester, her mother's former lover. Lonely and ill at ease in the unfamiliar English countryside, she longs to return to the glitter of Paris ... and to the mother who has been lost to her. But a small ray of sunshine brightens her eternal gloom when a stranger arrives to care for her: a serious yet intensely loving young governess named Jane Eyre.
As time passes, Adèle watches with wonder as an unexpected romance blossoms between her governess and her guardian -- even as her curiosity leads her deeper into the shadowy manor, toward the dark and terrible secret that is locked away in a high garret. And on Jane and Rochester's wedding day, it is Adèle who brings about the fiery catastrophe that will shatter her "family" and send her fleeing, frightened and alone, back to Paris.
A novel of wondrous imagination and vivid intensity, Adèle "works perfectly, creating a genuine modern sequel to Brontë's tale" (Kirkus Reviews).
walking always a few feet behind today.
Little did I know then the cruel pantomime I would
be coerced into making come true.
The daughter of a celebrated Parisian actress, Adèle is a homesick, forlorn eight-year-old when first brought to Thornfield Hall by Edward Fairfax Rochester, her mother's former lover. Lonely and ill at ease in the unfamiliar English countryside, she longs to return to the glitter of Paris ... and to the mother who has been lost to her. But a small ray of sunshine brightens her eternal gloom when a stranger arrives to care for her: a serious yet intensely loving young governess named Jane Eyre.
As time passes, Adèle watches with wonder as an unexpected romance blossoms between her governess and her guardian -- even as her curiosity leads her deeper into the shadowy manor, toward the dark and terrible secret that is locked away in a high garret. And on Jane and Rochester's wedding day, it is Adèle who brings about the fiery catastrophe that will shatter her "family" and send her fleeing, frightened and alone, back to Paris.
A novel of wondrous imagination and vivid intensity, Adèle "works perfectly, creating a genuine modern sequel to Brontë's tale" (Kirkus Reviews).
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Hardback Editions
September 2003 : Hardback
| Title: Adele (Windsor Selection) Author(s): Emma Tennant ISBN: 0-7540-1949-7 / 978-0-7540-1949-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2003 : Hardback
| Title: Adele: Jane Eyre's Hidden Story Author(s): Emma Tennant ISBN: 0-06-000454-1 / 978-0-06-000454-5 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2003 : Hardback
| Title: Adele: Jane Eyre's Hidden Story Author(s): Emma Tennant ISBN: 0-7862-5326-6 / 978-0-7862-5326-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2002 : Hardback
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December 2000 : Hardback
| Title: Adela Author(s): Emma Tennant ISBN: 0-316-91205-0 / 978-0-316-91205-1 (USA edition) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
June 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Adele: Jane Eyre's Hidden Story Author(s): Emma Tennant ISBN: 0-7540-9310-7 / 978-0-7540-9310-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Paragon Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 2003 : Paperback
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December 2003 : Paperback
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2002 : Paperback
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