Emma Woodhouse believes herself to be an excellent matchmaker, though she herself does not plan on marrying. But as she meddles in the relationships of others, she causes confusion and misunderstandings throughout the village, and she just may be overlooking a true love of her own.
Giraffe expected Zebra to leave... but zebra waited. "I'm always here for you."
Aged six, Evonne read a magazine article about a young girl who made it to centre court at a magical place called Wimbledon. Somehow, she knew she had to get there. Fast forward 15 years, and Evonne was the first Indigenous Australian to win Wimbledon, aged 20 years old. A pioneer of Indigenous rights and women in tennis, this inspiring story features a facts and photos section at the back.
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Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel. She began it soon after she had finished Emma, completing it in August 1816. She died, aged 41, in 1817; Persuasion was published in December that year (but dated 1818). Persuasion is linked to Northanger Abbey not only by the fact that the two books were originally bound up in one volume and published together, but also because both stories areā¦