Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Tuesday Intros/Teaser

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea every Tuesday. To participate share the opening paragraph or two of a book you've decided to read based on that paragraph. Please feel free to join in, First Chapter~First Paragraph~Tuesday Intros.


"It was generally agreed by the female residents of Meryton that Mr. and Mrs. Bennet of Longbourn had been fortunate in the disposal in marriage of four of their five daughters. Meryton, a small market town in Hertfordshire, is not on the route of any tours of pleasure, having neither beauty of setting nor a distinguished history, while its only great house, Netherfield Park, although impressive, is not mentioned in books about the country's notable architecture. The town has an assembly room where dances are regularly held but no theatre, and the chief entertainment takes place in private houses where the boredom of dinner parties and whist tables, always with the same company, is relieved by gossip."

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of  Should Be Reading.
Nise'

15 comments:

gautami tripathy said...

Loved the description!


My tuesday teaser is from Cuts Like A Knife by M.K. Gilroy.

Here is my Tuesday Intros post!

Laurel-Rain Snow said...

Oh, I am so glad not to live in the times when the daughters are disposed of in marriage...lol

Sounds like a good book.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Paulita said...

I've avoided all the Jane Austen offshoots. I just love Austen too much. P.D. James though, that is hard to resist. Here's Mine

Dalene @ A Date with a Book said...

I still have yet to read a P.D. James book, but this one sounds very good. Here's my TT

Unknown said...

Ooh, nice one. I love how she used the beginning to mimic P&P :)

http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/07/teaser-tuesday_24.html

bermudaonion said...

I bet my mother would like that book!!

Harvee44 said...

Reminds me of Jane Austen's books. But this one's a mystery!

kayerj said...

Oh that's very interesting. I'm not sure if I would read it--I've never read a Pride and Prejudice knock off. Thanks for stopping by.

Irene said...

i should probably read a knock off, as I just can't get into the real thing. And I too am so glad not to live in a society that doesn't dispose of their daughters in marriage.

Michelles Paranormal Vault Of Books said...

coming by for the tue post
here is mine. :)
Tue Teaser and Intros Tue Post

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

Haven't read PD James before, but did like the intro -- enjoy and thanks for joining in.

Yvonne said...

Sounds like an interesting read. Enjoy it!

JLS Hall said...

Wonderful teaser! I definitely want to read this one. P.D. James is such a great writer.

Jenny Girl said...

Sounds like another good one Nise! Enjoy

Staci said...

Oh yeah! i want to read this one!

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