LONA MANNING
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Welcome to my website, which includes information about my writing and my time
in China as an ESL teacher. I'm an award-winning writer of Austenesque fiction and an occasional freelance non-fiction writer. My Mansfield Trilogy is based on Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. My novella about Percy Bysshe Shelley, Shelley and the Unknown Lady, is based on a true-life mystery in the life of the romantic poet. The first post of my blog series about Austen, Clutching My Pearls, is here. |
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"Manning makes a fine job of echoing Austen's writing style, at the same time turning a distinctly 21st-century eye on some of the "problematic" themes raised in Mansfield Park. The slave trade, sexual inequality, the first moves toward the emancipation of women -- all are explored in a way that would have been unthinkable in the early 19th century, unavoidable today." -- Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine
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"Lona Manning is quite skilled in capturing the voice and matching the tone and style of Jane Austen's characters... Well-crafted, meticulously composed, and richly researched... This series is definitely a perfect choice for readers who love stories that plausibly flesh out Jane Austen's characters and are not afraid to implement some surprising new twists." -- Austenesque Reviews
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