J. McMaster's Books

McMaster's lively study looks at the various codes by which Eighteenth-century novelists made the minds of their characters legible through their bodies. She tellingly explores the discourses of medicine, physiognomy, gesture and facial expression, completely familiar to contemporary readers but not to us, in ways that enrich our reading of such classics as Clarissa and Tristram Shandy , as well as of novels by Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft and Jane Austen.

In these informed and entertaining essays, Juliet McMaster's recurring concern is with the interpenetration of intelligence with emotion among Jane Austen's characters. The author, a leading Jane Austen scholar, begins with an exploration of Austen's burgeoning popularity in our culture, though close studies of lesser-well known works such as 'Love and Friendship' and 'The Watsons', and familiar texts such as 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Emma', moving on to a wide-ranging exploration through all the novels, of the operation of love and the articulation of desire.

Andy Towell's dream of becoming a commercial fisherman is jeopardized when a co-worker goes missing.

It's supposed to be a summer getaway at her relatives' plantation in Nashville but Phoebe quickly discovers that her cousin Baxter is desperate to find a treasure hidden during the Civil War and his sister Rachel's relationship with her boyfriend is on the rocks. Underneath it all is a plantation that hasn't put its past to rest, and the aftermath of a deadly tornado is about to reveal the truth.

12-year-old Phoebe Sproule may be embarrassed by her mother's blog (featuring every laughable fact of her existence!) but its 2 million followers prove useful in solving the mystery of Peter Philby's disappearance from the Starbrite Diner in Brooklyn.

Owen isn't expecting anything other than a good night's sleep when he's shipped off to his grandmother's farm after his baby sister is born, but he soon discovers that he fits right in with the three-legged dog, the blind goat, and a very angry pony. Then Grandma wins the lottery and everything changes. A LARGE PRINT EDITION for readers of all ages.

Book's by J. McMaster

Reading the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel

Reading the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel

Jane Austen the Novelist

Jane Austen the Novelist

So Much Potential

So Much Potential

The Haunting of Cedar Hill Plantation

The Haunting of Cedar Hill Plantation

8 Days in DUMBO

8 Days in DUMBO

Carried Away on Licorice Days

Carried Away on Licorice Days

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