Animating Maria
- Published
- 1 January 1990
- Pages
- 169
- ISBN-13
- 9780745156293
- Type
- novel
About this book
Animating Maria arrived in 1990 as the fifth book, running 169 pages, following another of the debt-ridden Vicar Armitage's children through School for Manners' comic makeover-and-romance formula.
Key facts about Animating Maria
Animating Maria is a novel by M. C. Beaton. Readers have had it since 1990. It runs to 169 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Animating Maria. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780745156293 to find the main one.
Animating Maria is book 5 of 6 in the School for Manners series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with Refining Felicity (1988).
Additionally, M. C. Beaton writes The Six Sisters, Hamish Macbeth and A House for the Season, plus 6 more series. Those series sit on our historical romance, cozy mystery and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, Death of a Groom is the latest published M. C. Beaton book on file, from 10 February 2026.
About M. C. Beaton
M. C. Beaton was the pen name of Marion Chesney, a Scottish-born author who wrote prolifically across romance and mystery before finding her signature register with two long-running cozy mystery series set worlds apart in tone and geography. See every M. C. Beaton book in order.
Its place in School for Manners
Animating Maria is book 5 in the School for Manners series. It follows Finessing Clarissa. It is followed by Marrying Harriet. See the full School for Manners reading order.
The six School for Manners novels follow the children of the disgraced, debt-ridden Vicar Armitage of Cherworth, each one packed off in turn to be transformed from awkward, rough-mannered country obscurity into a marriageable Regency lady or gentleman. Beginning with Refining Felicity , in which the eldest daughter is sent to her aunt in Yorkshire for a crash course in polish and poise, the series works through the Armitage siblings one by one — Fiona, Delilah, Clarissa, Maria and Harriet — each novel pairing the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780745156293