Norilana Books

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norilana Books presents the elegant, groundbreaking novel James Fairfax by Jane Austen and Adam Campan, a remarkable re-envisioning of Jane Austen's world, where gay marriage is commonplace and love is gender-blind.

A new term is coined: Marriage a la mode -- current and relevant to today's social issues.

It's same-sex marriage in Jane Austen's Regency England!

James Fairfax by Jane Austen and Adam Campan



In this stunning, gender-bending, stylish dance-of-manners version of Jane Austen's beloved classic novel Emma -- an alternate Regency where gay marriage is commonplace and love is gender-blind -- matchmaking Emma Woodhouse tries to find a suitable spouse for her lover Harriet Smith, and is embroiled in the secrets of the relationship between the mysterious and accomplished James Fairfax and the handsome Frank Churchill....

Adam Campan has been associated with universities on three continents over as many decades.

James Fairfax by Jane Austen and Adam Campan
Norilana Books
Trade Paperback (First Edition)
August 1, 2009
Retail Price: $16.95 USD - £14.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-038-9
ISBN-10: 1-60762-038-3
504 pages

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There's an excellent writeup in The Telegraph, (Calcutta, India edition) on the forthcoming Norilana Books same-sex marriage stunner James Fairfax by Jane Austen and Adam Campan.

In his "Eye on England" column, journalist Amit Roy writes, in the article "Love that dare speaks its name":

Imagine Jane Austen had started Pride and Prejudice, written in 1813, slightly differently: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of another man to marry."

In fact, an experiment substituting gay love for heterosexual has been attempted by "re-envisioning" another of Austen's novels....

Read the rest of the article...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Norilana Books announces the acquisition of James Fairfax by Jane Austen and Adam Campan.

In this stunning, gender-bending, stylish dance-of-manners version of Jane Austen's beloved classic Emma -- an alternate Regency where gay marriage is commonplace and love is gender-blind -- matchmaking Emma Woodhouse tries to find a suitable spouse for her lover Harriet Smith, and is embroiled in the secrets of the relationship between the mysterious and accomplished James Fairfax and the handsome Frank Churchill...

Due to high demand and urgent relevance to current issues, the title is scheduled for trade paperback express release on August 1, 2009, from the general Norilana Books imprint.