{"product_id":"2940157650049","title":"Personation","description":"\"Personation\" is a very classic comedy of errors work from the romantic period, similar in style to Austen. The novel's importance lies in it being written by a female author and many of these works have been lost over time. It is a story of young people using pretenses and shams to counteract what they see as elders manipulating their lives. The wish to be in control of their own destiny drives the main characters in this fun tale of false identities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBritish Author Selina Davenport (27 June 1779 – 14 July 1859) was separated from her husband, writer Richard Davenport, and took to writing in order to support her two daughters. She wrote 11 novels between 1818 and 1834. \"Personation\", a novel in three volumes, is from 1834. This edition includes all three volumes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis eBook edition was carefully prepared by referring to an original text to correct scanning errors that are common in other versions. Old spellings and word usages have been preserved, but obvious spelling and other typesetting mistakes in the original have been corrected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition was prepared and edited by Snazz eBooks™.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal cover design and other original content of this edition are Copyright © 2016 by Snazz eBooks™. All rights reserved. No reproduction by any means is allowed without permission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is an excerpt:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Your own room is ready for you, and the young gentleman, if he pleases, may have the one next to it. The door, you know, opens into yours; and the beds are all well aired, as we have slept in them by turns.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCecil, as we must now call him, approved of this arrangement; and the two youths, fatigued by their journey, soon retired to their chambers, while Thomas, a little mortified at not being allowed to remain, and assist his young master to undress, returned to Dinah, to acquaint her with the necessary rules for her future conduct, and the name by which she was now to address the son of her lamented mistress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe simple-minded Dinah saw little cause of alarm in the request, or the seeming mystery of the sudden visit.--\"I shall easily remember the name, Thomas, because you know he has a right to it, being called Henry Cecil, after his godfather; and I see no reason why you should look so dull about it, Thomas; for if we knew all, I dare say it is only some boyish frolic that has so much displeased my lord. Perhaps he has been rather wild among some of the pretty daughters of the tenantry, and his uncle has been too severe in his reproof. I know master Henry was rather too fond of a pretty face, though I think he never meant any harm.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas looked still more grave at this remark of his wife.--\"I don't know what you call harm, Dinah, but such fondness often leads to mischief. There is something I do not like in this business; but it is our duty to be silent. Did you take any notice of that young lad he calls James?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was too much overjoyed at the sight of master Henry, to think of any one else. But what do you mean, Thomas? You surely do not suspect that it is some girl he has run away with, do you?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas started at the idea.--\"I don't know as yet what to suspect, Dinah. The lad did not look cheerful; he is certainly not a gentleman's son; and I thought he seemed confused and uneasy, whenever he saw me look at him. He is very pretty, and evidently much attached to master Henry; but though he appears respectable, yet he is not what I should have expected to meet with in the friend of our master.\"","brand":"Snazz eBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071198707952,"sku":"2940157650049","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157650049_p0.jpg?v=1764098642","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157650049","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}