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1409194124 
Book The Jane Austen Society; Natalie Jenner
Year: 2021
Language: English
Type: Book
Class Number: F
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Orion, 2021
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9781409194125
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Originally published: 2020
This is a fictional telling of the start of the society in the 1940s in the village of Chawton, where Jane Austen lived. There are eight main characters, all of whom are obsessed with Austen and conspire to create the society and turn the Austen cottage into a museum in her honour: a WWII war widow, a farmer, a village doctor, a local solicitor, a house-girl in the Knight estate, the anticipated heiress of that estate, an employee of Sotheby's, and a Hollywood actress. Multiple social, romantic, and cultural collisions ensue. Jenner brings all of these disparate characters vividly to life, and you'll root for all of them to find their own happiness.
Extent: 309 pages, 20 cm, pbk
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Year: 2022
Language: English
Type: Book
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Allison & Busby Limited
Physical or Electronic: Physical
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