Soulless
Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Jane Austen in this wickedly funny debut novel, which kicks off Carriger's new series set in an alternate 19th-century London that not only knows about vampires and werewolves, but accepts them into the upper tiers of society. Original.
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| ISBN-13 |
9780316056632 |
| ISBN-10 |
0316056634 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
In stock at publisher; ships 7-15 working days |
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| Publisher |
Little, Brown |
| Imprint |
Orbit |
| Publication Date |
1 September 2010
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| International Publication Date |
1 January 2010 |
| Publication Country |
 United States |
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| Format |
Paperback |
| Edition |
Export ed |
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| Author(s) |
By Carriger, Gail |
| Series |
Parasol Protectorate |
| Category |
Fantasy Fiction
Romantic Fiction
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| Interest Age |
Young Adults |
| Reading Age |
Young Adults |
| Library of Congress |
Vampires, Humorous fiction, Werewolves |
| NBS Text |
Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
384 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 108mm
Height: 171mm
Spine: 25mm |
| Weight |
180g |
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| Dewey Code |
813.6 |
| Catalogue Code |
83125 |
Description of this Book
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette.
Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire -- and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.
With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London's high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart?
SOULLESS is a comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking.
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Awards & Reviews
| NZ Review |
Soulless is a character-driven romp with great worldbuilding and delicious rapier wit that recalls Austen and P.G. Wodehouse. - io9.com<br><br> Deliciously, vampiricly satiric, a tremendously clever, sexy read. --- Karen Marie Moning, New York Times bestselling author<br><br> Soulless has all the delicate charm of a Victorian parasol, and all the wicked force of a Victorian parasol secretly weighted with brass shot and expertly wielded. Ravishing. --- Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians <br><br> |
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Author's Bio
Ms. Carriger began writing in order to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning
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