KATHLEEN TESSARO
ELEGANCE and INNOCENCE

Copyright

This novel is entirely a work of fiction.

The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2003, 2005

Copyright © Kathleen Tessaro 2003, 2005

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Lines from ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’, taken from Collected Poems 1909–1962 by T.S. Eliot, reproduced by permission of Faber & Faber Ltd.

Extracts from Elegance by Genevieve Antoine Dariaux, published by Frederick Muller, reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Ltd.

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Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Elegance

Innocence

Keep Reading

Also by the Author

About the Publisher

KATHLEEN TESSARO
ELEGANCE

I’d like to thank my dear friends Maria and Gavin for their inspiration and encouragement, all the girls at the Tuesday Night Wimpole Street Writers Workshop for teaching me how it’s done, Jonny Geller, Lynne Drew, and the entire team at HarperCollins, William Morrow and Curtis Brown for their support and vision. I’d also like to thank the London office of Wellington Management and Stephen McDermott in particular, who saved my manuscript from the ether more than once.

Dedication

To my friend and mentor, Jill Robinson.

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Preface

What is Elegance?

Chapter 1 - A: Accessories

Chapter 2 - B: Beauty

Chapter 3 - C: Comfort

Chapter 4 - D: Daughters

Chapter 5 - E: Expecting

Chapter 6 - F: Fur

Chapter 7 - G: Girl friends

Chapter 8 - H: Husbands

Chapter 9 - I: Ideal Wardrobe

Chapter 10 - J: Jewellery

Chapter 11 - K: Knitwear

Chapter 12 - L: Lingerie

Chapter 13 - M: Make-up

Chapter 14 - N: Négligées

Chapter 15 - O: Occasions

Chapter 16 - P: Pounds

Chapter 17 - Q: Quality/Quantity

Chapter 18 - R: Restaurants

Chapter 19 - S: Sex

Chapter 20 - T: Tan

Chapter 21 - U: Uniformity

Chapter 22 - V: Veils

Chapter 23 - W: Weekends

Chapter 24 - X: Xmas

Chapter 25 - Y: Yachting

Chapter 26 - Z: Zips

Acknowledgements

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