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  • The Disastrous Début of Agatha Tremain

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The Disastrous Début of Agatha Tremain Kindle Edition

by Stephanie Burgis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 out of 5 stars (99)
The last thing Agatha Tremain wants to do is leave her solitary study of magic behind to make a glittering social début in London. When she's forced into town by her sinister aunt, though, she discovers she's not the only girl who doesn't fit in there - and everything she's ever believed about magic may be wrong.

A witty, romantic f/f Victorian fantasy novelette about a girl determined to claim her own power...and the unexpected romance that she finds along the way!

Previously published as "The Unladylike Education of Agatha Tremain" in the anthology Willful Impropriety: 13 Tales of Society, Scandal and Romance and in Inscription Magazine.
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    37 pages
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    English
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  4. Publication date
    February 12, 2018
  5. File size
    1.8 MB
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Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B079SQSDGQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Five Fathoms Press
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 12, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.8 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 37 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Best Sellers Rank: #710,796 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 out of 5 stars (99)

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Stephanie Burgis grew up in America but now lives in Wales with her husband (fellow writer Patrick Samphire), their two creative kids, and their extremely vocal tabby cat. In between those two points, she spent time playing in orchestras, studying music history in Vienna, and editing the website of an opera company in Leeds.

She writes sparkling romantasy for adults and fun, funny MG fantasy adventures.

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3.9 out of 5 stars
99 global ratings

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Customers find the book's story delightful, particularly praising its perfect ending. They enjoy it as an entertaining read, with one customer noting that getting to the end was easy fun.
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9 customers mention story, 7 positive, 2 negative
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This was a ton of fun to read. I loved the narration voice. The ending was perfect. The message was lovely. Win all around....Read more
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Short but sweet, the attraction was a little abrupt but a nice dip of the toe into the genreRead more
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  • Rene Sears
    5.0 out of 5 stars A lot of story in a short space
    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2018
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    This is a delightful story. Agatha Tremain has lived under the care of her distracted father, teaching herself magic--not the done thing at all for a young lady who has yet to make her debut, but since she has no intention of marrying, this doesn't bother her at all. Until her aunt shows up, determined to oversee her Season in London and find her a husband. Darker motivations come to light, and Agatha finds an unexpected ally, but she has to look to her own self to find resolution.

    I really enjoyed this, and there's a lot packed in to a short space here, including how victims can perpetuate the structures that hurt them, resisting other people's narratives about oneself, and to paraphrase Peter Beagle, "Real magic can never be made by sacrificing someone else's liver." Recommended.
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  • Estelendur
    4.0 out of 5 stars Cute, sweet, a bit flat
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2018
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    It may be the limitations of the length, but the motivations of the lesser antagonists (Miss Blenheim, Horwick) didn't really come through. Are they just bullies? Does the main antagonist have some specific hold over them?

    Overall though, it is a sweet little plotline and entertaining.
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  • D. Roberts
    3.0 out of 5 stars This one felt abrupt
    Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2018
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    This short novella started out interestingly enough and sort of lost steam. Agatha has spent two years teaching herself magic from her father 'a books. Unexpectedly a wicked, bossy aunt she's not known about whisks her off to London for the Season. There she is informed that she is marrying a man she hasn't met, who never actually appears in the story. However Agatha has been given a hint, by a girl she meets hiding in a closet (!) that she holds more power than she thinks, and bam! she figures out how to use it to escape the marriage and return to her father's quiet country estate. She effortlessly foils the wicked aunt and a wicked lady's maid in a contest that happens offstage. There was a disappointing and rather abrupt happy ending. Wasted potential for an interesting story.
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  • Calla
    5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful send up of a romance novel
    Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2019
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    Yes, everything comes out all right in the end. And getting there was such easy fun! Thank goodness Stephanie Burgis is writing more books so I can read them!
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  • Trix M
    4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet fun story
    Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2018
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    As others have said, it's a cute story, but I too could have done with a little more backstory about the motivations of the lesser baddies.

    Also, running off with someone after meeting them once is the worst case of UHaul syndrome I've ever encountered.

    What I did appreciate a lot was the fact that none of the language seemed anachronistic to me. I'm hardly an expert on Victorian English, but it seems to me that most non-British authors can get British English right (note for budding authors - Brits don't say "Get it off OF him"). It's really rare to not have my antennae tweaked by an obviously modern term as well.
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Immensely sweet!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2018
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    This was a ton of fun to read. I loved the narration voice. The ending was perfect. The message was lovely. Win all around.

    Nearly a 5.

    Kindle, bought same day as read.
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  • Susan F
    5.0 out of 5 stars Simply wonderful!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2021
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    As with all of Stephanie Burgis' stories, things at first seem rather similar to what you might have seen before––a motherless child with an absent father ruled by a hateful and hating governess and butler. But that is where the magic first comes in, literally. And just when you think Miss Tremain's magic will be moving us to more delightful whimsy, suddenly her very autonomy, her life is threatened. This is a rather brilliant story about learning to recognize and love oneself disguised as a brief romp through a mixture of historical romance and magic. And it is truly magical.
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  • BRNZ
    4.0 out of 5 stars short but sweet
    Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2018
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    Short but sweet, the attraction was a little abrupt but a nice dip of the toe into the genre
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