Mainly the Brontës, the Georges Eliot and Gissing, and Thomas Hardy and Trollope. ), I was drawing further and further away from books that may have even remotely held my interest. There will be spoilers so for more context about the story, check out my spoiler-free review. A bunch of young people half-related to each other putting on a play so that they can make out with all the people they are not supposed to, was the best she could do. Independent bookstores are vital parts of every local community and I wholly endorse supporting your local stores versus Amazon. If she could do it, Dr. Gray and Adeline each thought, then certainly, in homage if nothing else, they could, too. I think looking at it as completely fictional is what helped me. Well, I guess we really wouldn’t know. Early on in the book, they both discuss their favorite Jane Austen stories as they feel a connection through it. I, for one, find it greatly consoling that she had us all figured out. ISBN-13: 9781250248732 Summary Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. Please contact the author if you wish to post any work, or any excerpt thereof, in any other location or format. Finally, I dedicate this book to Jane Austen, for all she has done for me in the past, present, and future, for the centuries of enjoyment her books have given the world, and for the example she has set for us all in creating art in the face of uncertainty, illness, and despair. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England’s finest novelists. Each and every character is so perfectly crafted with such compassion and empathy, one had me bawling within 100 pages, I can’t remember the last time I got so attached to a cast of characters so quickly. This helps to offset the cost of web hosting and domain registration. As each of them endures their own quiet struggle with loss and trauma, some from the recent war, others from more distant tragedies, they rally together to create the Jane Austen Society. Let’s first talk about Frances’ complicated relationship with her father and then her late blossom romance with Andrew. . I was loving all the MM romance and young adult books I’ve been reading, but I finally just said okay. Change ). Yes, I’ve watched all the movies and adaptations with her and can wax eloquent about the wonderfulness of Lizzie Bennet and the infuriating aspects of Emma’s personality with the best, but admittedly, Pride and Prejudice is the only one of Austen’s novels I’ve read in it’s entirety (I love the graphic novel adaptation of Northanger Abbey though it’s unfortunately out of print.)

1,491)’, “And that’s exactly what Austen gives us.

. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England's finest novelists.

Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. She balanced village life with such a fictionalized account of such an important historical moment for Austenites that I kept having to go back and check to make sure this wasn’t how it actually happened!

What did you think about how they discussed Jane Austen books in this story? Now I’m confused, but that somehow makes sense in my head. Natalie’s debut is a bookseller’s dream – the perfect gift for a loved one, a great book for a summer afternoon read, a book that makes you feel all the feels, a contemporary Jane Austen. The plot is intricate and beautifully woven, written by the hand of the master storyteller – I continually had to pinch myself that this is a debut novel.

It may be the most sense we’ll ever get to make out of our own messed-up world. Talk about a change of pace! But then I needed a book to review for today, so I looked back at the post I did for May new releases and wondered what book I would want to read enough of for a full review. Are you a fan of Jane Austen? I legitimately LOLed when Jenner had Austen’s descendant Frances admit she preferred the Brontës writing to Austen’s, it was just the best tongue-in-cheek response ever: Two thousand books. Every sentence, every turn of phrase, every allusion, every piece of dialog, is so deliberate and exact – nothing is written without purpose. Here are some more recommendations along with links to book club questions. He was hoping to find some answers inside these books, answers for why he didn’t care about some things and cared too much about others. Her grounding of the story through Austen’s writing and how those who experience trauma use the writing to move forward with their lives worked really well. Enough to work, live, and die on her own terms. Basically, Jenner wrote a fictionalized version of what could’ve happened to create today’s Austen legacy through an Austen lens fully of happily ever afters and perfection. He saw Elizabeth as the lynchpin to the entire Bennet family, the one whose boldness and emotional intelligence was keeping her own family from the brink. Even with so many flawed and even silly characters, it all makes sense in the end. Jane Austen, Jane Austen Cartoons, Jane Austen Spoilers, John Atkinson 13 Comments Post navigation « Mr. Darcy’s Challenge: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (The Darcy Novels Book 2), by Monica Fairview – Preview & Exclusive Excerpt Since last weekend I powered through Lovely War in 36 hours, I figured I might want to take a chance on another historical fiction title.

1,667), “Mimi mentioned often a Henry Crawford from Austen’s books, but of all the volumes on her bookshelves Mansfield Park was the thickest, and even Mimi couldn’t sell the plot. I only got to spend a few hours there a couple of years ago and Jenner made me miss it something I barely got to experience! I did find myself Googling about the real Jane Austen House Museum. In Monaco, as wedding fever soars and passions and tempers escalate, James and Sophie—like Princess Grace—must ultimately decide what they are prepared to give up for love. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. A key example of this is the relationship with Dr. Gray and Adeline who have both experienced unimaginable loss. “I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Which ones the least? Movie stars and paparazzi flock to Cannes for the glamorous film festival, but Grace Kelly, the biggest star of all, wants only to escape from the flash-bulbs. I legitimately cannot recall a time where I read a non-graphic novel in one day while at home (I do it on vacation sitting on the beach all the time.)