Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen's Rakes & Gentlemen Rogues (Quill Collective) - Hardcover

Starnes, Joana; D'Orazio, Amy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0998654035 ISBN 13: 9780998654034

Publisher: Quill Ink, 2017

Synopsis

"One has all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it." --Jane Austen

Jane Austen's masterpieces are littered with unsuitable gentlemen--Willoughby, Wickham, Churchill, Crawford, Tilney, Elliot, et al.--adding color and depth to her plots but often barely sketched. Have you never wondered about the pasts of her rakes, rattles, and gentlemen rogues? Surely, there's more than one side to their stories.

Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen's Rakes & Gentlemen Rogues is a titillating collection of Georgian era short stories--a backstory or parallel tale off-stage of canon--whilst remaining steadfast to the characters we recognize in Austen's great works.

What say you? Everyone may be attracted to a bad boy...even temporarily...but heaven help us if we marry one.
MATURE CONTENT as per EDITOR 

1. Chaste: possible kissing and affection
2. Mild: kissing
3. Moderate: some sexual references  but not explicit 
4. Mature

Contents:Foreword by Claudine diMuzio Pepe Willoughby's Crossroads by Joana Starnes (3)A Wicked Game by Katie Oliver (4)Fitzwilliam's Folly by Beau North (2)The Address of a Frenchwoman by Lona Manning (2)Last Letter from Mansfield by Brooke West (4)An Honest Man by Karen M Cox (3)One Fair Claim by Christina Morland (1)The Lost Chapter in the Life Of William Elliot by Jenetta James (3)As Much as He Can by Sophia Rose (1)The Art of Sinking by J. Marie Croft (1)For Mischief's Sake by Amy D'Orazio (1)

About this title

From the Author

I have always been drawn to characters that are not simply one dimensional. Through first person point-of-view, Philippa Gregory masterfully created empathy in her Plantagenet and Tudor novels: one novel I would find myself championing one queen and in the very next, she had become the villain! Even my own anthology The Darcy Monologues gave voice to the previously concealed wit and charm of the proud, brooding, and officious Mr. Darcy, allowing us some quality time in his handsome head. After publishing The Darcy Monologues in May 2017, murmurings began about another project. I thought to expose the histories of Jane Austen's anti-heroes--a titillating Challenge! Once again, a Dream Team of authors were approached. Titles were bandied about: everything from "Consequently a Rogue" taken from the Jonathon Swift quote "He was a fiddler and consequently a rogue" to "Rakes and Rogues" to "Jane Austen's Gentlemen Rogues". "Mad, bad, and dangerous to know," the very phrase used by Lady Caroline Lamb to describe Lord Byron, married the previous suggestions and--voila! A title was born.As an editor, I have been extremely fortunate to work with some incomparable authors in the past. This project is a testament to my providence. It has been a pleasure to have several authors from The Darcy Monologues anthology including Karen M Cox, J. Marie Croft, Jenetta James, Beau North, Sophia Rose, and Joana Starnes join Amy D'Orazio, Lona Manning, Christina Morland, Katie Oliver, and Brooke West on creating this current collection of stories. The intent: create short stories, each told from one of Austen's male antagonists' eyes--a backstory and, or parallel story from off-stage of canon--all the while remaining steadfast to the characters we recognize in Austen's masterpieces. As in The Darcy Monologues, these authors certainly can turn up the heat with but the turn of a phrase! 

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MATURE CONTENT as per EDITOR 

1. Chaste: possible kissing and affection
2. Mild: kissing
3. Moderate: some sexual references  but not explicit 
4. Mature

"Willoughby's Crossroads" (3)
"A Wicked Game" (4)
"Fitzwilliam's Folly" (2)
"The Address of a French Woman" (2)
"Last Letter from Mansfield" (4)
"An Honest Man" (3)
"One Fair Claim" (1)
"The Last Chapter in the Life of William Elliot" (3)
"As Much As He Can" (1)
"The Art of Sinking" (1)
"For Mischief's Sake" (1)

About this edition

• Publisher: Quill Ink
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0998654035
• ISBN 13: 9780998654034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 358
• Editor: Boyd Christina