![]() What follows is a delightful little dance of who-likes-whom and he-likes-me-he-likes-me-not. ![]() At the ball, Ashleigh decides she has found her Mr Darcy… and unfortunately the boy in question, Charles Grandison Parr, turns out to be Julie’s Mr Darcy as well. However, Ashleigh insists that Julie’s Mr Bingley is a boy called Ned, and finds a way to continue the acquaintance with the boys by getting involved in their school play. The long-suffering Julie inevitably gets dragged into her friend’s latest craze, and together they gatecrash a ball at the nearby Forefield Academy, an exclusive private school for boys. And it’s not enough for her to read the books: she insists on living them, too, developing an enthusiasm for period clothing and dancing. This time around, Ashleigh has discovered Julie’s favourite author – Jane Austen. Sometimes it’s a particular band, sometimes Arthurian legends. I picked up Enthusiasm as I was looking for reasons to avoid revising for exams – and the book turned out to be perfect procrastination material.įifteen-year-old Julie’s best friend, Ashleigh, is an Enthusiast: in other words, she’s always going through one craze or another. ![]() ![]() Interview with Polly Shulman, author of Enthusiasm ![]()
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