Etiquette & Espionage
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger is a young adult steampunk series debut published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on October 8, 2013. This edition spans 336 pages and is presented in English. The story follows fourteen-year-old Sophronia, who struggles to meet her mother’s expectations of becoming a proper lady. Instead of focusing on etiquette, Sophronia finds herself enrolled in a unique finishing school where the curriculum includes not only traditional lessons but also the arts of espionage and self-defense.
Readers will discover a blend of adventure and humor as Sophronia navigates her unconventional education at Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. The narrative explores themes of young adult fiction, with elements of the paranormal and supernatural, including vampires and werewolves. As Sophronia and her classmates engage in their lessons, they learn to balance societal expectations with their own desires for independence and excitement. This book presents a whimsical yet dark fantasy world that invites readers into a unique blend of historical and fantastical elements.
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This young adult steampunk series debut set in the same world as the New York Times bestselling Parasol Protectorate is filled with all the saucy adventure and droll humor Gail Carriger’s legions of fans have come to adore.
Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners–and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.
But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Geraldine’s, young ladies learn to finish…everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage–in the politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year’s education.
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